Monday, June 20, 2011

How's About Spreading It Around Some?

Have ya seen the latest on executive pay? I mean extreme pay? Well it ain't just Wall Street or the Bankers that are making exorbitant incomes. Nor is it Actors and Athletes either. In fact they make up a small percentage of the high rollers. No, the single biggest group of giant income folks are corporate executives. You know. The guys and even some gals who manage to beat down labor, spend fortunes on supporting politicians, frequent the exclusive golf clubs around the country, finance political campaigns and jet off to ski weekends in the Alps or lay around on beaches in the Caribbean. The guys who convince Supreme Court Justices that they need extra consideration in all manor of dealings with the public and labor. What's really interesting is that the differences between the elite tycoons and their employees, income wise, is very similar to what existed just before the Great Depression. I think that if a study could be done on the subject, you'd find that it's very similar to what happened just before the French Revolution. Ever wonder why the social elite look down their collective noses at the French? Well it's probably because some of their closest soul-mates got the ax by the commoner French. Well, in the good ole U. S. of A. the commoners are beginning to get good and fed up with the disparity. I do not hold with the French approach. But at some point some changes will need to take place. And I don't mean changing one money-grabber for another, but some real fairness and consideration of the folks at the bottom who actually make it possible for the folks at the top to live that high life. Because that isn't what entitlement is all about. Here's a question for ya. Who's gonna pay the taxes after the middle class is completely gone?

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