Christina Aguilera and Paris Hilton...

[Adam_Fulford]

Neither Christina Aquilera nor Paris Hilton have made any public statements about [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00"][A href="vny!://www.bradblog.com"]these articles[/A][/FONT]

[Thread Cop]

Ofcourse not! Those articles are about politics....
You must be the popular man/woman here... Your Karma is even both sides...  

[tenkani]

 Hooray for laizes-faire capitalism where the only rule is increased profits at any cost.
[br style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"][span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"]"Wages that an average CEO earns before lunchtime: more than a full-time minimum wage worker makes in a year"[/span]

This was a new one on me, but I have no trouble believing it. It would be nice if religion could help human beings rise above the petty self-interest and cold-hearted perspective inherent in such a system. But somehow, folks have managed to turn the teachings of Jesus Christ into the "gospel of prosperity", wherein god blesses the true believers with wealth, and bestows poverty on those of inadequate faith.

f*ck that, my Jesus said:

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.

He may not have been the son of God, but we could learn a lot from his oft-ignored teachings.
Jesus, protect me from your followers.
 

[WaitAMinute]

[span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"]"Wages that an average CEO earns before lunchtime: more than a full-time minimum wage worker makes in a year"

[/span]Sounds suspicious, doesn't it? Let use us some o' them there number thingies:

Lets assume a minimum wage of $6/hour (I know, some places it's more or less, but it's a reasonable average).  So the average yearly minimum wage worker makes about $12,480.00 per year.

For a CEO to make that [span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"]before lunch[/span] would mean that's about 4 hours pay for the CEO.

12,480 / 4 hours = $3,120 per hour, or $6,489,600.00 per year. I just don't think the average CEO makes 6.4 million per year. I'm sure plenty do, but the average CEO doesn't.

So, in short, this is bullshit.

[tenkani]

Don't parade on my rain.  

[Adam_Fulford]

WaitAMinute wrote:
[span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"]"Wages that an average CEO earns before lunchtime: more than a full-time minimum wage worker makes in a year"

[/span]Sounds suspicious, doesn't it? Let use us some o' them there number thingies:

Lets assume a minimum wage of [span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"]$6/hour[/span] (I know, some places it's more or less, but it's a reasonable average).  So the average yearly minimum wage worker makes about $[span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"]12,480.00[/span] per year.

For a CEO to make that [span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"]before lunch[/span] would mean that's about 4 hours pay for the CEO.

[span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"]12,480 / 4 hours = $3,120 per hour, or $6,489,600.00[/span] per year. I just don't think the CEO makes 6.4 million per year. I'm sure plenty do, but the [span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"]averageaverage[/span] CEO doesn't.

So, in short, this is bullshit.


It's certainly true of the top 50 CEOs in the States, who make an average of US$10 mil per year (before bonuses). Keep in mind that this is average. Some make $30 mil, and others $7mil.  When my brother was with Salomon Bros. he made more than $5mil per year, and he wasn't even a director, never mind CEO.  

But, if we're saying "average CEO," I guess that depends on how one defines CEO.  Lots of people start corporations, and are thus CEOs, though they may be corporations in name only.

At any rate, CEOs are absolutely overpaid looters.  It is disgusting, bad for society, and bad for the economy.



 

[WaitAMinute]

It's certainly true of the top 50 CEOs in the States, who make an average of US$10 mil per year (before bonuses). Keep in mind that this is average. Some make $30 mil, and others $7mil.  When my brother was with Salomon Bros. he made more than $5mil per year, and he wasn't even a director, never mind CEO.

[span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"]Don't destroy your credibility, Adam. The "top 50" are [/span][span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"]BY DEFINITION not the "average CEO"[/span][span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"], they're the [/span][span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"]top 50[/span][span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"]. Top, as in the very top of the chart. Hello? They're hardly the "average". [/span][br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"]


But, if we're saying "average CEO," I guess that depends on how one defines CEO.  Lots of people start corporations, and are thus CEOs, though they may be corporations in name only.
[br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"][span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"]No, we didn't say that, [/span][span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"]YOU[/span][span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"] said "the average CEO", and that's just plain bullshit. Stop with the hype, it makes you look like a clown, and a deceptive one at that. The truth is bad enough, you don't need to destroy your credibility like some Repulican f*ckhead, okay?[/span]



At any rate, CEOs are absolutely overpaid looters.  It is disgusting, bad for society, and bad for the economy.

[span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"]No argument there, they are overpaid, but not nearly to the extent  as you would have people believe. Stop with the mindless hype. [/span]


 
 

[Adam_Fulford]

WaitAMinute wrote:
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[br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-style: italic;"][span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-style: italic;"]No, we didn't say that, [/span][span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-style: italic;"]YOU[/span][span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-style: italic;"] said "the average CEO", and that's just plain bullshit. Stop with the hype, it makes you look like a clown, and a deceptive one at that. The truth is bad enough, you don't need to destroy your credibility like some Repulican f*ckhead, okay?[/span]

LOL. Were you frothing at the mouth when you wrote this?
 
 
 

[P.C.]

 Neither Christina Aquilera nor Paris Hilton have made any public statements about these articles.

  Am I missing something here ?  Are they they ONLY 2 people that have not made any public statements about these articles ?  Is there some importance in this snippet of 'news' ?  

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[tenkani]

 It's sure nice to see a little fur fly around here for a change    
Whether the statistic is accurate or not, the point remain, corporate greed and the disparity in earnings between the worker and upper management is at an all-time high, which wouldn't bother me so much if industry didn't have it's dirty little fingers so far up the ass of our political system. Unfortunately, democracy nowadays means that you can choose between whichever approved representative of the reigning corporate political hybrid you like.

Democracy only works when the population is educated and well-versed in basic critical-thinking skills. The fact that many Americans aren't even aware of their non-Republicrat political options is a testament to our failing educational system and the collusion between the mainstream media and the powers that be (entrenched political interests and their corporate sponsors).

I could rant about how we need public financing of campaigns so that politicians wouldn't abandon their posts mid-term in order to whore themselves out, but what's the point? In this country it will never happen.
   

[P.C.]

Yea......what HE said. [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="vny!://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/frech/h040.gif" border=0]

[WaitAMinute]

 LOL. Were you frothing at the mouth when you wrote this?

[span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"]No, I just think most Republicans are f*ckheads and I hate to see you acting like one. [/span]
 
 
 
 

[WaitAMinute]

Whether the statistic is accurate or not, the point remain, corporate greed and the disparity in earnings between the worker and upper management is at an all-time high

[span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"]Absolutely, I agree 100%. I'd be the first one to say CEOs are grossly overpaid but I hate to see statistics inflated in an attempt to make a point. It weakens  the information he was presenting. There's no need to lie when the truth is horrifying enough, right?[/span]

[Adam_Fulford]

WaitAMinute wrote:
Whether the statistic is accurate or not, the point remain, corporate greed and the disparity in earnings between the worker and upper management is at an all-time high

[span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"]Absolutely, I agree 100%. I'd be the first one to say CEOs are grossly overpaid but I hate to see statistics inflated in an attempt to make a point. It weakens  the information he was presenting. There's no need to lie when the truth is horrifying enough, right?


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