[DoodleDawg]

Why not $160 an hour?

Because that amount is stupid. If Aetna wants to raise employee wages then why criticize them for it?

[snarkybob]

“Because that amount is stupid. If Aetna wants to raise employee wages then why criticize them for it? “

I was wondering that same thing.
Seems like more than a few here really have an issue with workers getting higher wages.

Let me say up front that I didn’t read the entire article but this CEOs position seems to be that the company is doing well so let’s raise wages.

I have no idea why that seems to piss so many here off.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

If Aetna is going to make a public spectacle of what they pay people, then they have opened themselves to public criticism.

They are making a political statement that companies shouldn't pay people what they are worth in the market place, but a "living wage."

Aetna is a member of the big-government/big-union/big-corporate crony-fascist complex, and as such the government has granted them monopolies in return for generous campaign donations.

Small businesses that are not members of the big-government/big-union/big-corporate crony-fascist complex haven't been granted monopolies but have to compete with them.

The next step is to raise the minimum wage to force small businesses to pay a "living wage." This will drive most small businesses out of business.

The big-government/big-union/big-corporate crony-fascist complex doesn't care if the pie gets smaller. They just want the whole pie.

[central_va]

Because that amount is stupid. If Aetna wants to raise employee wages then why criticize them for it?

Worth repeating.

[gogeo]

Why is that amount any less valid than $10, $14, or $20?