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Going Galt: More Americans Vote with their Feet against Obama (Beware of exit taxes, though!)
Townhall Finance ^ | May 12, 2013 | Daniel J. Mitchell

Posted on 05/11/2013 10:48:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: NoLibZone

We are sticking around for a front row seat to the 1776 solution. Would not miss it for the world.


21 posted on 05/12/2013 6:28:26 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Who is John Galt?


22 posted on 05/12/2013 8:47:01 AM PDT by upcountryhorseman (An old fashioned conservative)
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If a company provides a better service I don’t care, but when the service is about the same and prices are good or better I go with the one that pays lower level workers more and upper level management less. Also, let’s not forget the stockholders who need to take more responsibility in this. I was very angry to learn that the top 7 executives in GE were paid salaries of from $11 to $22 million during the same period when the stock dropped from $50 to $5 a share, I think the dividend was also cut but would have to go back to my records to be sure. The executives took NO pay cuts.


23 posted on 05/12/2013 2:24:34 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: verklaring

Completely agree. It’s a socialist’s dream tax. It needs undoing.


24 posted on 05/16/2013 7:52:05 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: gleeaikin

How would you know what a CEO should be paid? What criteria is used in determining a CEO’s pay? How many compensation boards have you been on to glean this information?

You sound like a big-government conservative or a liberal. Take your pick.


25 posted on 05/16/2013 7:53:59 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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No, I am a disgruntled stockholder who watched my GE shares drop from $50 to $5 a share, while the 7 top executives took no cut at all, in the 3 bad years, from their $11 to $22 million salaries. Our dividends were cut however. And they are not the only ones. I say we stockholders need to organize our power.


26 posted on 05/16/2013 10:51:57 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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That's different and totally understandable. The owner's get to determine the proper wages of a CEO, not some politician or government bureaucrat.
27 posted on 05/17/2013 9:35:27 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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