McCain wants low corporate taxes, regulated CEO pay

Yahoo ^ | 6/10/08 | Jeff Mason

[navymom1]

Somebody tell Juan that it is none of the government’s business what a CEO makes.

But he’s for the leetle peeple.

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And would you believe a liberal friend of mine from KC believes McCain is pandering to the extreme of the Republican Party?

[TADSLOS]

And would you believe a liberal friend of mine from KC believes McCain is pandering to the extreme of the Republican Party?

Liberals are pinning McCain to Bush as much as McCain is trying to break free from him to be like Obama. Liberals want their magic negro messiah, not some doddering old white guy who keeps banging on their door selling himself as an Obama knockoff.

[Eagle Eye]

Is your name on the ballot? LOL

[Cobra64]

Sell your stock.

[Cobra64]

I disagree. I get to vote on all kinds of things, why not let me vote on CEO compensation for a company I own?

What do you do with those pesky voter proxy statements that you get every year?

[brownsfan]

“Sell your stock.”

Kiss my a$$.

You know, Obama is going to be the next president. It’s people like you that make me think it won’t be all bad.

[Cobra64]

You know, Obama is going to be the next president.

Here ya go. Your next president:

Pretty cool huh?

[brownsfan]

“Here ya go. Your next president:”

No, OUR next president. Unless you’re leaving?

[Cobra64]

Did you eat paint flakes when you were a child?

[brownsfan]

"Did you eat paint flakes when you were a child?"

This coming from someone who said:

"Ummm... no. I’ve sat on the board of several corporations. If executives don’t perform, we fire them."

Ok, so you say you sat on the board of serveral companies, and you drop to that level of discourse. This can lead to one of a few rational conclusions:

- You sat on the board of companies that employed 5 people or less.

- You sat on the board of companies in your mind only.

- Someone like you on the board of a large corporation is ample evidence of the need for more shareholder scrutiny.

[Old North State]

McCain's plan tries to regulate the manner in which private(non government owned, publicly traded) corporations apply their rules of governance. I admit this is better than the democrat's plan to directly set levels of compensation, but that is a difference of degree, not of kind. Directors elected by the shareholders set compensation according to business conditions just like citizens elect representatives to enact laws without a direct vote by the people on each bill. If the politicians want to demand complete democracy for private sector employee pay, how about voting for all government employee pay levels as well? How about Medicaid recipients getting to vote on Doctor pay levels?
Like I said, we can do this either way but everybody deserves to be treated the same.

[kellynla]

how ‘bout McCain propose eliminating the IRS & ALL federal income taxes....

for a guy who lucked out and married a millionairess who inherited MILLIONS; he sure has a lot of brass wanting to tax more those of us WHO ACTUALLY WORK FOR A LIVING!!!

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Yes, most hate Obama more.

That's why I'll vote for "None of the above"

[Ciexyz]

Reading all posts with interest. 149 days till election.

[stuartcr]

I agree. That’s what I did last time, and probably this time also.