dailykos.com - 12/22/2008
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The UAW has been given the opportunity of a generation to explain to the American people the real problem with compensation in our society today: the immoral differential between the exorbitant average pay of a CEO of an S&P 500 company, and the pay of an average worker.
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No More Double Standards
Political Animal —
... would help auto workers concentrate more on their jobs...) For the reasons given above, I think that we should stick it to the bankers and hedge fund managers, and not to the UAW. However, I'd be happy with a single standard uniformly applied. rok for dean at dKos has a good idea: "In 1950, the average pay of an S 500 CEO was less than 30 times that of an average U.S. worker; by 1980, prior to the "Reagan Revolution, the average pay of the S 500 CEO was approximately 50 times higher than that of an average U.S worker. But by 2007, the average pay of an S 500 CEO had ...
No More Double Standards
Obsidian Wings —
... For the reasons given above, I think that we should stick it to the bankers and hedge fund managers, and not to the UAW. However, I'd be happy with a single standard uniformly applied. rok for dean at dKos has a good idea: ...
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