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Old 04-11-2011, 02:15 PM
 
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I wonder how much of these salaries come from tax dollars, you know, like Obama giving GE $3.2B in tax credits, so GE can profit and pay zero in taxes..
At LEAST $100,000,000. will come from unions.

Imagine the people the unions could put to work with THAT money?

 
Old 04-11-2011, 02:16 PM
 
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How much does Immelt make as head of General Electric?

How much did GE pay in taxes? Nothing.

Why is Immelt the head of Obama's Jobs Commission?
 
Old 04-11-2011, 02:17 PM
 
Location: Midwest
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Obviously this is the outcome.. Why are you guys so shocked? When you ask for policies in Washington that encourages companies to lay off employees, decreasing labor costs, increasing profits, CEO pay goes up..

The average wage of us common folks have nothing to do with pays of a CEO.. Thats like comparing a doctors wage to a McDonalds employee.. Its a supply/demand industry..
Years ago, a business owner rewarded the hard working in their company. Now, the CEOs just reward themselves!
 
Old 04-11-2011, 02:17 PM
 
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How much does Immelt make as head of General Electric?

How much did GE pay in taxes? Nothing.

Why is Immelt the head of Obama's Jobs Commission?
If it weren't for double standards, the left would have none.
 
Old 04-11-2011, 02:24 PM
 
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Years ago, a business owner rewarded the hard working in their company. Now, the CEOs just reward themselves!
Proof?

The owner of the company that I work for rewards us all the time.

The owner of the last company that I worked for helped his employees all the time.

My brother in law made a $200,000 dollar mistake two weeks ago. He walked into the CEO's office and took full responsibility for it. The CEO commended him for being honest and for his character. He gave him a $1000 bonus and just asked him to be more careful.

I could go on, but it would fall on deaf ears.

People are just unhappy with their own lives, so they need to blame someone.

Your bosses hard work and sacrifice has created that job that you go to every day.

As far as what businesses "used to do", it's a fairy tale, a myth if you will.

Productive people who make themselves stand out will ALWAYS be recognized by their superiors.
 
Old 04-11-2011, 03:54 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas
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Entertainers and athletes make many times what coaches and assistants make.

Same principle.

Those with talent earn and hire people to work for them.

What's so hard to understand?
And then they pay off congressmen and lawyers to rewrite laws and tax codes to stack the deck in their favor. They turn Wall St into a casino, nearly bring the country into ruin, and still get to keep their job and make millions and millions and millions.

Wow, you're right, not so hard to understand.
 
Old 04-11-2011, 03:57 PM
 
Location: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
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Private unions yes, public no. Are you appalled at the billion dollars Obama is looking to raise and SPEND on a damn campaign? I mean how can you sit here and whine about 9.6 million when Obama plans to waste a billion during these hard times.
How can you sit and whine about only ONE SIDE of a TWO SIDED contract?

As I've asked before of the union bashers, show me a contract signed by only one party, otherwise blaming only one party is BS.
 
Old 04-11-2011, 03:57 PM
 
Location: Hoboken
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And then they pay off congressmen and lawyers to rewrite laws and tax codes to stack the deck in their favor. They turn Wall St into a casino, nearly bring the country into ruin, and still get to keep their job and make millions and millions and millions.

Wow, you're right, not so hard to understand.

You're talking about the unions, right? Remember taxes on Cadillac health insurance?
 
Old 04-11-2011, 04:01 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas
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You're talking about the unions, right? Remember taxes on Cadillac health insurance?
Oh they do it too. Large corporations have often times gone astray from their original purpose. However union membership is about 12% of the country so talks of union power is often overblown. Whereas the rich are historically richer and they keep paying off idiots (see: Ryan, Paul) to offer up bigger and bigger cuts to them.
 
Old 04-11-2011, 04:05 PM
 
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The owner of the last company that I worked for helped his employees all the time.
One of the companies I used to work for, sends their employees on a full paid expense vacation somewhere in the world every year.. They have about 1,000 employees world wide, and they get together yearly for a big huge celebration. They spared no expense either..
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