• bob_omb_battlefield@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Fair enough but the “we don’t have the money” part is what doesn’t really make sense. CEO compensation, however egregious, is still a very small part of total payroll.

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        Ok, now add in all the other C-suite execs and the board of directors

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          The board of directors is not on payroll, they’re the owners, they get dividends or can sell part of the actions.

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        It’s not meant to be taken literally, it’s meant to show how ridiculously inverted the current distribution of wealth and resources is in virtually all major US industries. The point is that the money is there. It’s just getting sucked up to the top.

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        1 year ago

        “It’s ok because other rich people are saying its fine to pay rich people a ton of money”

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          1 year ago

          CEOs shouldn’t be payed less, because I will be CEO of Apple in 10 years.

          • his thoughts probably
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            1 year ago

            If you can’t spell “paid” you probably don’t know enough about how any of this works to have a strong opinion

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              If you think I can’t have opinion on that because english is my second language, then I guess we are done, yes. Because I don’t want to have anything to do with you.

              I just haven’t use that word in past time in a while and I forgot. Something felt weird while writing it, but I don’t feel the need to spellcheck everything for somebody on the internet.

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                1 year ago

                Because I don’t want to have anything to do with you.

                Couldve just not responded at all