Ben Affleck $37,000,000/Year Lib Actor Lectures Greedy CEO’s or Another Useful Idiot

[Neotrotsky]

They've been silent about it ... save the ones crying about extending unemployment to the poor while the wealthiest Americans get almost $100 billion a year out of the deal.

They were a bunch of useful idiots.

If you believe that people keeping their own money is "getting something"

then you are part of the problem

If you believe that we are getting out of this hole without paying for it, then you are an even bigger part of the problem.

Our debt is one evolved from spending problems not taxing problems

If you don't believe that then that is the problem

 

[Article 15]

If you believe that people keeping their own money is "getting something"

then you are part of the problem

If you believe that we are getting out of this hole without paying for it, then you are an even bigger part of the problem.

Our debt is one evolved from spending problems not taxing problems

If you don't believe that then that is the problem

It's a result of both. That's your blind spot.

 

[hipeter924]

If you believe that people keeping their own money is "getting something"

then you are part of the problem

If you believe that we are getting out of this hole without paying for it, then you are an even bigger part of the problem.

Our debt is one evolved from spending problems not taxing problems

If you don't believe that then that is the problem

Opposed to Keynesian economics then?

Same, as spending money you don't have and not repaying it results in debt that mucks up the economy, how it happened in the 1920s has happened again today.

 

[Sallow]

Same, as spending money you don't have and not repaying it results in debt that mucks up the economy, how it happened in the 1920s has happened again today.

Right..

So where the fuck were you guys when George W. Bush started 2 wars..while giving a tax cut to the rich.

I didn't see any..not one..conservative protesting that.

And the one liberatarian that did protest..Ron Paul..was labeled a nut..by conservatives.

 

[hipeter924]

Same, as spending money you don't have and not repaying it results in debt that mucks up the economy, how it happened in the 1920s has happened again today.

Right..

So where the fuck were you guys when George W. Bush started 2 wars..while giving a tax cut to the rich.

I didn't see any..not one..conservative protesting that.

And the one liberatarian that did protest..Ron Paul..was labeled a nut..by conservatives.

I was a democratic socialist when the war began, next.

Also I was talking about debt of individuals and not the government, if you want to lower government debt start with decreasing the size of government and making it more efficient.

 

[Neotrotsky]

If you believe that we are getting out of this hole without paying for it, then you are an even bigger part of the problem.

Our debt is one evolved from spending problems not taxing problems

If you don't believe that then that is the problem

Opposed to Keynesian economics then?

Same, as spending money you don't have and not repaying it results in debt that mucks up the economy, how it happened in the 1920s has happened again today.

Opposed? not at all

Even Keynes believed that gov't spending should only be temporary.
He must have underestimated the ability/desire of bureaucracies and politicians to keep it going

In the therory, tax cuts or gov't spending increases were equivalent
Since we see how well the gov't has done with it.....

Maybe it is time to allow people to decide how to use their own money

 

[Douger]

There's a difference. You morons CHOOSE to watch Afflecs movies or shows. You literally THROW money at your idols.
You don't choose what some asshole at the insurance company or hospital charges you. $10 aspirin anyone ?
In a social democracy "CEO's" salaries look more like these. You also don't have pay 8 grand a year for health insurance, 3 grand for homeowners and a grand for a car. It's not about profit. It's about availability to all.
http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/98-53.pdf

 

[Mr Natural]

Actors, pro athletes, musicians, and the like make more than CEOs because they possess a much higher skill level.

Running a company is something that can be learned. Convincing an audience of a character or throwing a baseball at a high speed with pinpoint accuracy is a gift.

 

[Sallow]

Actors, pro athletes, musicians, and the like make more than CEOs because they possess a much higher skill level.

Running a company is something that can be learned. Convincing an audience of a character or throwing a baseball at a high speed with pinpoint accuracy is a gift.

Athletes have a career that is shorter lived as well.

But personally..I am not opposed to a cap..or some sort of progressive taxation that discourages obscenely high compensation.

 

[Neotrotsky]

There's a difference. You morons CHOOSE to watch Afflecs movies or shows. You literally THROW money at your idols.
You don't choose what some asshole at the insurance company or hospital charges you. $10 aspirin anyone ?
In a social democracy "CEO's" salaries look more like these. You also don't have pay 8 grand a year for health insurance, 3 grand for homeowners and a grand for a car. It's not about profit. It's about availability to all.
http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/98-53.pdf

Perhaps, but since the tax rates are higher, CEO's don't want higher salaries. They seek compensation from the corporation in other ways.

For example, in Germany many CEO's live in fancy homes, have fancy cars, owned by the corporation. They still get all the "benefits" of their status; they are just not calling it a form of taxable compensation.

It would really be no different if a gov't tried to impose a salary cap.
People would find a way around it to "pay" themselves

 

[jillian]

If you believe that people keeping their own money is "getting something"

then you are part of the problem

If you believe that we are getting out of this hole without paying for it, then you are an even bigger part of the problem.

Our debt is one evolved from spending problems not taxing problems

If you don't believe that then that is the problem

george bush was the first leader in recorded history to cut taxes during time of war. And extending those tax cuts to pacify the repubs was a mistake.

THAT is the problem. You can't run two wars on china's credit card.

 

[Neotrotsky]

If you believe that we are getting out of this hole without paying for it, then you are an even bigger part of the problem.

Our debt is one evolved from spending problems not taxing problems

If you don't believe that then that is the problem

george bush was the first leader in recorded history to cut taxes during time of war. And extending those tax cuts to pacify the repubs was a mistake.

THAT is the problem. You can't run two wars on china's credit card.

Interesting what about


Obama Will Spend More on Welfare in the Next Year Than Bush Spent on Entire Iraq War, Study Reveals
As a candidate for president, Barack Obama decried the financial toll that the Iraq war was taking on the economy, but Obama’s proposed spending on welfare through 2010 will eclipse Bush’s war spending by more than $260 billion.

So that's not a problem then?

Good to know

 

[Article 15]

Our debt is one evolved from spending problems not taxing problems

If you don't believe that then that is the problem

george bush was the first leader in recorded history to cut taxes during time of war. And extending those tax cuts to pacify the repubs was a mistake.

THAT is the problem. You can't run two wars on china's credit card.

Interesting what about


Obama Will Spend More on Welfare in the Next Year Than Bush Spent on Entire Iraq War, Study Reveals
As a candidate for president, Barack Obama decried the financial toll that the Iraq war was taking on the economy, but Obama’s proposed spending on welfare through 2010 will eclipse Bush’s war spending by more than $260 billion.

So that's not a problem then?

Good to know

You post a link from a year ago citing an unlinked report from a conservative think tank?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Why should Ben Aflac make millions more than what the average actor makes? Why? Can any Progressive defend that?

Also, who ghost wrote "Good Will Hunting" for him and Matt Damon, since it's obvious neither has a working brain?

 

[Neotrotsky]

george bush was the first leader in recorded history to cut taxes during time of war. And extending those tax cuts to pacify the repubs was a mistake.

THAT is the problem. You can't run two wars on china's credit card.

Interesting what about


Obama Will Spend More on Welfare in the Next Year Than Bush Spent on Entire Iraq War, Study Reveals
As a candidate for president, Barack Obama decried the financial toll that the Iraq war was taking on the economy, but Obama’s proposed spending on welfare through 2010 will eclipse Bush’s war spending by more than $260 billion.

So that's not a problem then?

Good to know

You post a link from a year ago citing an unlinked report from a conservative think tank?

Perhaps share your knowledge/facts of why it is wrong

Or is guilt by association enough for you?


(you know it is correct; you just wish it was wrong)
(truth does not cease to exist because you choose to ignore it)

 

[Article 15]

Interesting what about


Obama Will Spend More on Welfare in the Next Year Than Bush Spent on Entire Iraq War, Study Reveals
As a candidate for president, Barack Obama decried the financial toll that the Iraq war was taking on the economy, but Obama’s proposed spending on welfare through 2010 will eclipse Bush’s war spending by more than $260 billion.

So that's not a problem then?

Good to know

You post a link from a year ago citing an unlinked report from a conservative think tank?

Perhaps share your knowledge/facts of why it is wrong

Or is guilt by association enough for you?

Did even you read what I just posted? The report isn't even linked in the article you posted, dude ... you haven't read it yourself and you accept it as fact

 

[uscitizen]

So Ben is the duck in the insurance commercials first name?

 

[Neotrotsky]

You post a link from a year ago citing an unlinked report from a conservative think tank?

Perhaps share your knowledge/facts of why it is wrong

Or is guilt by association enough for you?

Did even you read what I just posted? The report isn't even linked in the article you posted, dude ... you haven't read it yourself and you accept it as fact

The link from the article works on mine, perhaps it is a technical issue.
from the link in the article, I got:

In his first two years in office, President Barack Obama will increase annual federal welfare spending by one-third from $522 billion to $697 billion. The combined two-year increase will equal almost $263 billion ($88.2 bil*lion in FY 2009 plus $174.6 billion in FY 2010). After adjusting for inflation, this increase is two and a half times greater than any previous increase in federal welfare spending in U.S. history. As a share of the economy, annual fed*eral welfare spending will rise by roughly 1.2 percent of GDP.
Under President Obama, government will spend more on welfare in a single year than President George W. Bush spent on the war in Iraq during his entire presidency. According to the Congressional Research Service, the cost of the Iraq war through the end of the Bush Administration was around $622 billion. By contrast, annual federal and state means-tested welfare spending will reach $888 billion in FY 2010. Federal welfare spending alone will equal $697 billion in that year.
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But, nevertheless lets not digress from the issue , do you have the numbers to show us why it is wrong?

Again, or is guilt by association enough for you?

It is fair for you to say they may be biased or skewed

But to dismiss them as out right wrong- would require a little more effort

 

[CrusaderFrank]

So Ben is the duck in the insurance commercials first name?

You mean he's not?

 

[Two Thumbs]

Who cares?

why should anyone give a damn what someone else makes?

If you're bringing in bundles of cash for acting, you need to keep your fool mouth shut about what anyone else makes doing anything else.

If your not making bundles, to damn bad.

You don't like how much money an actor makes? don't go to see movies.
You don't like what a CEO of a company makes? Don't buy thier product or service.

they will all have to lower the cost to stay in business eventuall, or cater to other wealthy people.