While the MSM has a cow about CEOs of major billion dollar corporations making big bucks why is no one concerned about the mega million salaries paid to professional athletes or TV and movie stars? Shouldn’t the CEO of Microsoft or GE be compensated for the value they brings to their companies every but as much as say LeBrun James or Brett Farve? Is Oprah Whinfrey more deserving of all the money she makes than the CEO of a fortune 500 company? Why should Tom Cruise be paid millions for making a movie that bombs at the box office?
RE: Shouldn’t the CEO of Microsoft or GE be compensated for the value they brings to their companies every but as much as say LeBrun James or Brett Farve?
Lebron James brought a team that was hugging the cellar to the playoffs several times in 7 years. What has the CEO of GE brought to shareholders lately ? What have Citigroup, Bank of America and a host of others given to shareholders that justify their fat bonuses?
Barack Obama collects $5 million in royalties on his books. No one complains.
John Kerry buys a new yacht and stores it out of state to avoid property taxes. That’s OK.
The Kennedy family owns multiple homes and the trust fund seems immune to inheritance taxes, continuing to support multiple generations of wealthy liberal activists. No one proposing taking their wealth away.
Professional athletes and Hollywood stars make millions enjoying lavish lifestyles and engaging in all sorts of immoral behaviors. No one in the press is envious of their fame and fortune.
Politicians go to Washington with limited means (Bill Clinton, Lyndon Johnson) and accumulate massive wealth on modest salaries while “serving the public”. No one in the media begrudges them of their good fortune.
Billionaires such as Buffett and Gates complain about taxes being too low on the wealthy, but they never seem to be able to write a check giving the government one cent more than their legions of accountants and tax lawyers tell them is the minimum they need to pay. Hypocrites? No way!
Yet if a person goes to work in the private sector and attains wealth by risking his own savings on an entrepreneurial venture or climbing the corporate ladder that individual is disdained as a filthy money grubbing exploitive capitalist undeserving of any of his/her income or possessions.
Isn’t America a great place to be?