CEO compensation: Who cares? John Stewart gets $30 million/yr.

So your a hypocrite, and defend hypocrisy.

Got it.

 

Good God the hypocrisy of the left is to much.

Honestly, it has nothing to do with the money and everything tio do with the desire for liberals to control who has money and who doesn't. It's all about power.

The attitudes and hypocrisy in this thread prove it.

 

The desire of the rich not to be slave tho the majority is not jealous.

Day in and day out, the left rallies against excessive wealth and the 1% right up and to the point that a limousine liberal is called out, then suddenly they start spinning and defending.

Good God man, it's (*)(*)(*)(*)ing pathetic.

 

for years i have listened as our resident malcontents claimed that the rich were somehow stealing from those who have nothing. now it is not only theft, but jealousy as well. it seems there are thousands of ceos just dying to trade in their high-pressure jobs and luxurious lifestyles for one room flats and ebt cards. it's statements like this that make me wish i had started collecting these bits of "wisdom" long ago. i could have written several books with the collection such gems as this.

 

A person is worth whatever amount of money that somebody is willing to pay him/her for their skill or talent. Why is that so difficult to understand?

 

Sorry but how many McDonald's franchise owners would be considered rich by 1% standards. There are people who must think all those restaurants are owned by corporate? Silly naive liberals

 

Most hypocrites defend hypocrisy... as long as it's their own brand of hypocrisy they're defending. The feminists all circled the wagons around misogynist and sexual-harasser Bill Clinton... for example. Of course, folks who like Rush Limbaugh defend him too... and he is also a hypocrite when he talks about the "sanctity of marriage" and what should be done with "maggot infested drug addicts." YMMV.

 

But it's not fair that John Stewart gets $30,000,000 and the guy who makes his lunch is lucky to get $30,000! Of course it's not fair to John Stewart that Robert Downey, Jr. gets $75,000,000!

 

Agreed.

And this entire thread is one large example of the left's hypocrisy.

The class war fare game has little to do with wealth and everything to do with power.

 

---You brought up CEO compensation, not me.

---I'm playing Devil's Advocate anyway. I couldn't care less how much the guy makes.

 

The exact quote was "who cares about CEO compensation."

 

no we don't.... we rally around the rich paying the same tax as the rest of the working class, not less

income from labor should not be taxed more then nonlabored income

 

The question has never been about the volume of money a person makes; instead, it's the person's conduct and manner in which one earns money that is questioned. There are several billionaires that liberals respect.

All of this being said, there are wealthy people I can't stand. Namely, those who have corporations that are heavily subsidized by the government in cash or military support while they treat their workers like (*)(*)(*)(*), send jobs overseas, and/or setup remote tax shelters. At the same time, they spend gobs of money to lower their taxes or deregulate at the expense of the public. And I'm not even getting started on the crooks at wall street. These people are in the business of taking from America without giving anything in return.

Unfortunately, people like you rush out and defend them and come up with these little red herrings.

 

Hmh. Seems all I ever hear is these "obscene profits" and "outrageous salaries." So you don't have a problem with someone earning $14,000/hr. if you like them? It's only the people you don't like that you feel shouldn't make that kind of money? Don't you think John Stewart has enough money? Does he really need THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS a year to live comfortably?

I happen to know that most Hollywood A-listers incorporate themselves as Nevada corporations. Why do they do this? Is it because California wants to take too much of their money?

You ever deduct your mortgage interest? Maybe you should be taking up your complaint with the IRS.

My investment portfolio, 401(k), and IRA have TRIPLED in value since 2008. Nobody is stealing anything from me.You don't know what you're talking about.

I'm just asking why everyone is so up in arms over "CEO salaries" when Robert Downey, Jr. gets $28,000 / hr. for standing on a piece of tape on the floor of a movie studio.

 

Your complaint is with the IRS.

Income should not be taxed at all. What do you think of that?

 

exactly, now you get it, were against the republicans that support this, not the 1% themselves

 

But it's OK when Robert Downey Jr and John Stewart make millions. They are left-wing Democrats. Their respective jobs allow them to advance left-wing goals in society. It's a "free pass" for capitalism, and from what I understand, it's quite an honor to receive one from the left.

 

So what's stopping you and other rich liberals from paying higher taxes and paying to support social programs right now? (Besides hypocrisy, of course). Why do you need a law to do it?

 

Sure he does. Liberals love tax cuts when it benefits their own industry:

http://deadline.com/2014/05/california-film-tv-tax-credit-bill-assembly-legislature-vote-736948/#

 

Have you been living under a rock?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andersonantunes/2012/01/11/the-30-most-generous-celebrities/

Secondly, the vast majority of celebrities spent far more time living in poverty until they made it, and even then, there's no guarantee their fame and fortune will last. Hollywood is full of has beens that have long faded from the public eye.

 

They pay more in almost every circumstance.

And when you do that, you remove their incentive to invest in the economy and take risks. Even Bill Clinton understood this when he lowered capital gains taxes. If everyone was just a clock punching employee, we wouldn't be creating jobs. We need people to be the movers and the leaders.

 

I already gave an explanation above, so why make random assertions? I mean if you want to point someone out that makes loads of money and liberals like, say Warren Buffet or even Bill Gates. Those are the two richest people in America. It's all the "little fingers" in the United States that liberals hate: the kind that would burn America to the ground to be the lord of the ashes.

Most don't try to outrun the federal tax system which is the policy being discussed in these arguments. The other situation should be made on a state by state level. Should CA subsidize this or that group in any way when this or that group sets up shop in a different state?

I already explained why people are "up in arms" over the issue. Right now you're just making a noise instead of an argument.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/72007.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffett_Rule

 

LIberals who pay no taxes hate tax cuts because it doesn't do anything for them.

 

Doesn't mean they aren't still making a fortune. If you make millions over a number of years, you're set for life, unless you blow it. Who's fault is that? And private business owners might not hit it big until they're 50.

Sorry, but hypocrisy is criticizing CEOs, while giving celebs a pass. Not you per say, but Liberals in general. Rich celebs are known for abusing their assistants.

 

And I forgot to include athletes. I mean I love watching Rory chip in from 60 yards, but the kid owns a FLEET of Lamborghinis! AND FOR WHAT? Hitting a ball with a club?

Floyd Mayweather: $105 million for punching people.
LeBron James: $72 million for putting a ball in a net. (Hey he makes more than Robert Downey, Jr.!)
Kobe Bryant: $61.5 million.
Tiger Woods: $61.2 million.
Roger Federer, Phil Mickelson, Rafael Nadal, Matt Ryan -- all get FAR MORE than John Stewart and FAR MORE than the average CEO (who earns 40x less than John Stewart).

Now, I still appreciate achievement and I like to be entertained. So I propose that we put a new tax system in place: Athletes, actors, TV hosts, radio personalities, people who really don't "work" for a living get to keep the first $250,000 they earn. This is very generous. You can live very comfortably on $250,000. I know this because I live very comfortably. And I don't earn $250,000!

The rest of their money goes to the government who distributes it evenly to all the burger flippers, the janitors, the teachers, the firefighters, the policemen, the home health nurses who wipe the butts of the elderly, the kid who changes my oil down at the Grease Monkey, and anyone else who does not get $250,000 -- including me the lowly electrical engineer. So everyone gets $250,000. If you get less than that from your job, of course you pay no tax at all. If you get more, you simply pay the amount over -- example if you get $314,000 from your job as a dentist, your pay $64,000 in taxes to the government. If you get $22,000 from your job as a burger flipper, then the government gives you $208,000.

I think this is fair, don't you? I'm going to email John Stewart right now and float this idea. I'm sure he'll love it, being the fair minded voice of the working man that he is. We'll put those greedy CEOs in their place won't we Johnny!! With his audience, I'm sure he'll be able to get people fired up for my new plan.