EDITORIAL: The left's next move: Salary caps--Administration expands reach into private-sector..

The Washington Times ^ | March 28, 2010 | Editorial

[penelopesire]

Can someone explain to me what benefit that King Obama thinks he will get by setting caps on executive salaries in the private sector? I understand he is a little commie....but what is the commie idea behind capping salaries? Why do they believe that that brings more money into the government? How does it even transfer wealth? Just because an executive makes less money doesn’t mean that the company is going to hire more people or pay their employees more.

All I can figure is that it is just one more way that they are trying to collapse our capitalist system. Any thoughts?

[livius]

The whole thing is crazy. I was walking home tonight after a couple of drinks with a leftist (dumb but very sweet) and we were both saying that we are afraid that our lives are going to be changed and destroyed by this. I didn’t press him on it, but I think there are many people in the US now who are very freaked out.

[jazusamo]

LOL!

There’s a lot of them that I doubt can spell salary cap but they’re very proficient at what they do.

I doubt Zer0 would go after them. :-)

[Gene Eric]

>> The administration takes this as indisputable proof that high salaries are not needed to keep executives in their jobs.

These nitro-salaried executives are NOT responsible for the 12 trillion dollar debt DC created - yet, they’re somehow at fault for contributing to the Country’s financial problems.

[cripplecreek]

Direct quote from the SEIU bylaws.

We must organize unorganized Healthcare workers, extending to them the gains of unionism while securing control over the Healthcare industry.

SEIU bylaws pdf

[jazusamo]

I sure can’t answer that other than the turkeys are trying to bring down our capitalistic system.

As to why do they believe that that brings more money into the government? I believe it will work for the opposite, they go under because of bad management and the money going to the government stops.

[bruinbirdman]

They have another nice Obamalogo to add to your collection!

yitbos

[jazusamo]

Exactly! If Zer0 and his thugs would let the private sector alone we’d come nearer paying that debt off. Of course that’s taking into account they don’t keep running it up by trillions more.

[bruinbirdman]

In fact, the logo, its explaination, how to use it, how to coordinate it with other logo collectives takes up quite a bit of their web site.

yitbos

[cripplecreek]

Here's one that I personally find to be a little disturbing.



However we do have several GOP state legislators on the SEIU leash. (They introduced the legislation that led to the forced unionization of home care workers)

[penelopesire]

Oh...it WILL work the opposite....less oney will be coming into the government coffers. That’s all I can figure that they want to do with this ‘idea’. It’s all meant to destroy capital and wealth in order to set us on the rapid path to communism.

We have an enemy of this country living in the White House as our President.There is no other way to explain the things the man is doing to this country.

[bruinbirdman]

"....less oney will be coming into the government coffers."

Socialists do not believe in capitalism or democracy.

They are perfectly happy to print money or ruin a capitalist economy.

yitbos

[Hoodat]

I remember another leader who tried the same thing with Messerschmitt AG back in the early 1940s.

[ldish]

does anyone know what kind of cigarettes nobama smokes...maybe we should start a nationwide movement and everyone send him a pack at the same time...just to let him know how we really feel...keep on smoking AH!

[carmody]

Great! I can’t wait to see what Oprah’s salary cap is. How about Sean Penn? Tom Hanks? Barbara Walters? Let’s start with the news/enterainment industry.

[combat_boots]

Does no one remember that Sor0bama said early on that no one should make more than the President?

[bamahead]

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[ChrisInAR]

This doesn't surprise me. I remember back in the 1996 (???) Presidential election, I was watching the Green Party convention on C-SPAN; & one of their top candidates (Jello Biafra, IIRC), said that, in addition to raising the minimum wage to a ridiculously high amount, there should also be a MAXIMUM wage in the US, too. I think his chosen amount was $100,000 !!! Can you imagine an America where NO ONE is allowed to make more than $100K / yr?