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Do CEOs Make 300 Times What Workers Get? Not Even Close
Investor's Business Daily ^
| 05/18/2015
| John Merline
Posted on 05/19/2015 4:30:56 AM PDT by IBD editorial writer
It is stated so often that it's become an indisputable fact — CEOs make about 300 times more than the average worker, and that ratio has been increasing for decades.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aflcio; incomeinequality
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To: IBD editorial writer
Another lie promoted by the left that is unquestioningly accepted is that “income inequality” is somehow bad. Of course, the left wants to use the supposed injustice of market-driven income inequality to promote the stark income inequality that is characteristic of socialism—where everyone is dirt poor, except for the few mega-rich at the top.
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posted on
05/19/2015 4:36:39 AM PDT
by
exDemMom
(Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
To: IBD editorial writer
If you repeat a lie often enough, ......
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posted on
05/19/2015 4:38:13 AM PDT
by
boycott
To: boycott
My company the CEO makes around 5 million with bonus and stocks not included in that figure. So this seems correct to me.
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posted on
05/19/2015 4:39:56 AM PDT
by
angcat
To: angcat
My company the CEO makes around 5 million with bonus and stocks not included in that figure. So this seems correct to me.
I thought we,all made about that much. :2>)
I know mine doesn’t make that much. We’re a small company.
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posted on
05/19/2015 4:48:38 AM PDT
by
boycott
To: angcat
My company the CEO makes around 5 million with bonus and stocks not included in that figure. So this seems correct to me.So you only make $16,667 in salary and benefits? Time to expand your horizons.
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posted on
05/19/2015 4:52:40 AM PDT
by
Mich Patriot
(Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown were judged by the content of their character.)
To: IBD editorial writer
Do News anchors make 300 times the lowest paid stage hand?
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posted on
05/19/2015 5:07:14 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Mich Patriot
So you only make $16,667 in salary and benefits?(with apologies to Susan Powter) Stop the Mathness!
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posted on
05/19/2015 5:20:10 AM PDT
by
Quality_Not_Quantity
(Liars use facts when the truth doesn't suit their purposes.)
To: IBD editorial writer
The Clintons are in the top .1% of our income earners according to NBC, she doesn’t have much room to talk.
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posted on
05/19/2015 5:36:09 AM PDT
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
To: IBD editorial writer
On $8 billion annual revenue, my CEO has a $500K base salary.
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posted on
05/19/2015 5:42:14 AM PDT
by
showme_the_Glory
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To: showme_the_Glory
my CEO has a $500K base salary. And bonuses and stock options?
To: DoodleDawg
And bonuses and stock options? Sure. add about 150% of base for bennies.
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05/19/2015 6:07:34 AM PDT
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showme_the_Glory
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To: showme_the_Glory
Sure. add about 150% of base for bennies. So about a million and a quarter? Nice work if you can get it.
To: Mich Patriot
The CEO for the last company I was at was making about 170 times average worker.
To: IBD editorial writer
The CEOs I remember all got a stipend to live on, and were voted large amounts of company stock.
If they did good, the value of the stock went up. If not the value went down and the CEO would soon be replaced.
We all benefited when the stock went up and we kept an eye on the CEO to see when he would sell. We knew the stock was about to take a dive with all his stock dumped on the market.
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posted on
05/19/2015 6:42:10 AM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Some times you need more than six shots. Much more.)
To: DoodleDawg
So about a million and a quarter? Nice work if you can get it. Once again, it's no where near 300 times what us peons make.
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05/19/2015 6:43:36 AM PDT
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showme_the_Glory
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To: DoodleDawg
So about a million and a quarter? Nice work if you can get it. What's your point? Are you suggesting this person is over-paid? What would be a more appropriate salary?
Regardless, if employees at this company are making 300 times less than this CEO, they really need to move on to other jobs.
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posted on
05/19/2015 6:52:50 AM PDT
by
Lou L
(Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
To: showme_the_Glory
Once again, it's no where near 300 times what us peons make. In 2013 the average CEO compensation was $15.2 million which is over 300 times the average indvidual wage of about $45,000. Obviously an average compensation means half make less than that, like your CEO. And half make more.
To: Lou L
What's your point? Are you suggesting this person is over-paid? I'll bet if they off-shored the CEO job that they'd find someone who would do it for a whole lot less.
To: DoodleDawg
I'll bet if they off-shored the CEO job that they'd find someone who would do it for a whole lot less. Sometimes, you get what you pay for.
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posted on
05/19/2015 7:01:04 AM PDT
by
Lou L
(Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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