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The Great CEO-Worker ‘Pay Gap’ Is Nothing But A Union-Built Myth
Investors Business Daily ^ | 6/10/2016 | MARK J. PERRY

Posted on 06/14/2016 5:35:35 AM PDT by expat_panama

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To: expat_panama

Those Leftists. So much smarter than everyone else, Eh?

That story warmed my heart. :)

I am so happy to be OUT of the Rat Race. It’s going to suck if I ever have to go back in, LOL!


61 posted on 06/16/2016 10:36:16 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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...going to suck if I ever have to go back in...

You & me both.  I was just thinking the other day how for so many years (decades?) I considered myself an absolute first rate engineer but right now I'd never do that work again.  Part is the state of the art has evolved a lot, another part is making/developing/establishing rep w/ all new contacts, but the big thing is I'm simply no way willing to put up any more w/ all the nonsense and having to be nice to complete idiots.  

I work for myself and I'll keep it that way thank you ;)

62 posted on 06/16/2016 6:20:02 PM PDT by expat_panama
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To: expat_panama

Exactly. I’ll soon be 100% debt-free with the sale of my house, and I have a cozy place to live now (160 acres!) and I can bake bread, sew on a button or stitch up a wound if need be. I can shoot straight and can grow my own veggies and small livestock and can entertain myself with or without the Internet.

I’ve invested wisely, have always lived below my means and am as cheap as they come, so I can make what I have now last to the bitter end.

I’ve only been out of the workforce since the first of the year, but expending energy for cash from others already feels like a million years ago! I should have done this when I was 30 and still full of vim and vigor, LOL! :)


63 posted on 06/16/2016 7:35:48 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: BenLurkin
Okay, say the CEO only made a million and the guy on the floor made fifty grand.

Still a gap.

Is your comment a criticism? Of course there's a gap...for many valid reasons. Are you suggesting that everyone should be paid the same, so no gaps exist?

64 posted on 06/17/2016 5:44:19 AM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: Moonman62
Does this account for the $100 million payouts CEO’s get when they run a company into the ground and get fired?

You could probably count on one hand, minus the thumb, for how many times this has occurred. Off the top of my head, I can think of maybe two. These stories are outliers, and not at all representative of all CEOs.

65 posted on 06/17/2016 5:48:04 AM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: BenLurkin

If the guy on the floor messes up, the damage is limited. If the CEO messes up, the whole company is at risk.


66 posted on 06/17/2016 5:52:11 AM PDT by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: Lou L

Funny. I just ran across the story this morning of Nardelli getting booted from Home Depot for doing such a horrible job and receiving a $210 million lump sum payment for the effort.


67 posted on 06/17/2016 5:58:00 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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