(Nov 17, 2007) – Like I was sayin’… you can shave my head, but it won’t cure your baldness.
I haven’t seen it in a while, but every now and then, one of the Dem candidates talks about those “greedy CEOs” who make so much more money than YOU do.
I brought the topic up the other day at lunch and was shocked at the number of people felt that “some” people make too much money and something needs to be done about it.
In America, do we want or need our government to decide how much is too much? When I hear that some CEOs earn 400 times the average worker, I ask myself “how do I become a CEO?” and not”what can be done to put a stop that?”. A couple of people at lunch indicated that people shouldn’t be “allowed” to make that much as it isn’t fair.
Granted, some CEOs do a terrible job, but is it up to the federal government to step in and ensure the bad CEOs make less? I am not talking about the corrupt CEOs at Eron, Tyco, and other places, but rather leaders at companies that either lead well or don’t.
And why is this only aimed at CEOs? Why not actors or sports starts? Mel Gibson made at least 100 million on “The Passion”, but the guy that brings him his coffee or one of the stunt men probably didn’t make anything like that. How many millions does Tom Cruise make to act in a move while the person that picks out his clothes for the film makes tens or hundreds of times less? What about the guy that hands Lebron James a Gatorade? Shouldn’t he share in the millions?
I believe that we should be able to make what somebody is willing to pay us, regardless of how much more we make than somebody else. In America for now, you can earn as much as you can without the government stepping in when you make “too much”. Why would we want to change that?
Incidentally, if you would like to pay me 100 times what I am making now, I can arrange my schedule for interviews….
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