CEO Compensation Increased 940% Between 1978 and 2018, Workers’ Only by 12%

[the other mike]

None of the Dem candidates can stand toe to toe with Trump in a debate he'll mop the floor with them.

Too early to say.
A debate right now he would likely win, but a lot
can happen in 14 months.

 

[Brain357]

Ah...Fake News the OP is laughable.

We'll see when Trump is laughed out of the White House
by Pocahontas or the Sandman.

LMAO Trump is still the president Trump won again??

If they try to shove Biden down our throats he will.

None of the Dem candidates can stand toe to toe with Trump in a debate he'll mop the floor with them.

Yes he can run in his record of drastically increasing deficits. Or maybe slowing the economy, farmers love his trade war. Stagnant market? So much to run on.

 

[the other mike]

I'm blaming them for workers wages not keeping up with rises in productivity.

My concern is not some sort of relative comparison between workers and CEOs, but a desire for a better outcome for American workers, ie higher wages.

Remember 30 years ago there were no billionaires ( a handful around the world). Go back and watch Oliver Stone's movie Wall Street- it's more of a financial documentary than a Hollywood film. Multi-millionaire ( $50 - $100 million) was a big deal back then. Do you remember what the minimum wage was ? $3.35 an hour ( 40 hours for 52 weeks no vacation is about $7000 a year)

That is a big reason there are thousands of billionaires now and everyone else is in debt.

 

[Brain357]

They stopped rising after we cut the bottom out from unions.

Workers who can’t organize are left on their own. Easy prey to corporate masters

On the flip side, labor unions and workers who organized those were singularly responsible for China, India, Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, etc. being the economic powers they are today, thereby causing the massive loss of American jobs. Did you expect all those American manufacturers to buckle and lose profit because of the extortion from organized labor?

And I suppose you now claim to want those jobs back? That is funny.

That was one of Trump's primary messages. Did you miss the primaries?


Why do you think that is funny?

Because the republican war on unions is why they left in the first place.

It does not make sense that decreased union membership HERE, is a reason to send jobs overseas.

Union jobs were sent to China. Hence decreased membership and stagnant wages.

 

[Wyatt earp]

I'm blaming them for workers wages not keeping up with rises in productivity.

My concern is not some sort of relative comparison between workers and CEOs, but a desire for a better outcome for American workers, ie higher wages.

Remember 30 years ago there were no billionaires ( a handful around the world). Go back and watch Oliver Stone's movie Wall Street- it's more of a financial documentary than a Hollywood film. Multi-millionaire ( $50 - $100 million) was a big deal back then. Do you remember what the minimum wage was ? $3.35 an hour ( 40 hours for 52 weeks no vacation is about $7000 a year)

That is a big reason there are thousands of billionaires now and everyone else is in debt.

And that means what?

 

[Wyatt earp]

On the flip side, labor unions and workers who organized those were singularly responsible for China, India, Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, etc. being the economic powers they are today, thereby causing the massive loss of American jobs. Did you expect all those American manufacturers to buckle and lose profit because of the extortion from organized labor?

And I suppose you now claim to want those jobs back? That is funny.

That was one of Trump's primary messages. Did you miss the primaries?


Why do you think that is funny?

Because the republican war on unions is why they left in the first place.

It does not make sense that decreased union membership HERE, is a reason to send jobs overseas.

Union jobs were sent to China. Hence decreased membership and stagnant wages.

And you bought cheap shit from China

 

[Brain357]

Pretty funny that workers wages stopped rising not long after we changed immigration laws to allow massive Third WOrld immigration.


But hey, let's not try changing the things that cause "inequality". That misses the point.


The point is just to talk about it. And make vague anti-American posts.

They stopped rising after we cut the bottom out from unions.

Workers who can’t organize are left on their own. Easy prey to corporate masters

Yes the republicans sent our well paying jobs to china with their war on unions. Now they pretend to want those jobs back.

Why do you say "pretend"?

It’s a political game. They don’t care about workers, they sent the jobs away in the first place.

So, you missed that entire debate about Free Trade Ideologues vs economic self interest Populism in the primaries?



What actually happened was the Free Trade Ideologues used to rule the GOP. They got their way for a long time.


The results were not what they promised.


Eventually, far too slowly, imo, the less Ideologically and more pragmatic republicans, managed to sway the party to a new direction.


The Free Traders who sent the jobs overseas, were not pretending. They believe in Free Trade.


The Economic Nationalists who want those jobs back, are not pretending. We want those jobs back.


This should not be confusing to you.

Republicans turned good paid union workers into villains which made it ok to buy products from other countries. Previously people wanted to buy USA made.

 

[the other mike]

Union jobs were sent to China. Hence decreased membership and stagnant wages.

And now even if those jobs do come back half will be replaced by robots and other A I.

 

[Wyatt earp]

They stopped rising after we cut the bottom out from unions.

Workers who can’t organize are left on their own. Easy prey to corporate masters

Yes the republicans sent our well paying jobs to china with their war on unions. Now they pretend to want those jobs back.

Why do you say "pretend"?

It’s a political game. They don’t care about workers, they sent the jobs away in the first place.

So, you missed that entire debate about Free Trade Ideologues vs economic self interest Populism in the primaries?



What actually happened was the Free Trade Ideologues used to rule the GOP. They got their way for a long time.


The results were not what they promised.


Eventually, far too slowly, imo, the less Ideologically and more pragmatic republicans, managed to sway the party to a new direction.


The Free Traders who sent the jobs overseas, were not pretending. They believe in Free Trade.


The Economic Nationalists who want those jobs back, are not pretending. We want those jobs back.


This should not be confusing to you.

Republicans turned good paid union workers into villains which made it ok to buy products from other countries. Previously people wanted to buy USA made.

Lazy *****?

 

[Brain357]

And I suppose you now claim to want those jobs back? That is funny.

That was one of Trump's primary messages. Did you miss the primaries?


Why do you think that is funny?

Because the republican war on unions is why they left in the first place.

It does not make sense that decreased union membership HERE, is a reason to send jobs overseas.

Union jobs were sent to China. Hence decreased membership and stagnant wages.

And you bought cheap shit from China

Repubs turned union workers into villains. They are to blame. Not the rich getting richer making products in China.

 

[Wyatt earp]

And I suppose you now claim to want those jobs back? That is funny.

That was one of Trump's primary messages. Did you miss the primaries?


Why do you think that is funny?

Because the republican war on unions is why they left in the first place.

It does not make sense that decreased union membership HERE, is a reason to send jobs overseas.

Union jobs were sent to China. Hence decreased membership and stagnant wages.

And now even if those jobs do come back half will be replaced by robots and other AI.

AI and robots are the same thing

 

[Brain357]

Yes the republicans sent our well paying jobs to china with their war on unions. Now they pretend to want those jobs back.

Why do you say "pretend"?

It’s a political game. They don’t care about workers, they sent the jobs away in the first place.

So, you missed that entire debate about Free Trade Ideologues vs economic self interest Populism in the primaries?



What actually happened was the Free Trade Ideologues used to rule the GOP. They got their way for a long time.


The results were not what they promised.


Eventually, far too slowly, imo, the less Ideologically and more pragmatic republicans, managed to sway the party to a new direction.


The Free Traders who sent the jobs overseas, were not pretending. They believe in Free Trade.


The Economic Nationalists who want those jobs back, are not pretending. We want those jobs back.


This should not be confusing to you.

Republicans turned good paid union workers into villains which made it ok to buy products from other countries. Previously people wanted to buy USA made.

Lazy *****?

That’s what repubs say. Can’t have good paid jobs here.

 

[iceberg]

They stopped rising after we cut the bottom out from unions.

Workers who can’t organize are left on their own. Easy prey to corporate masters

Yes the republicans sent our well paying jobs to china with their war on unions. Now they pretend to want those jobs back.

Why do you say "pretend"?

It’s a political game. They don’t care about workers, they sent the jobs away in the first place.

So, you missed that entire debate about Free Trade Ideologues vs economic self interest Populism in the primaries?



What actually happened was the Free Trade Ideologues used to rule the GOP. They got their way for a long time.


The results were not what they promised.


Eventually, far too slowly, imo, the less Ideologically and more pragmatic republicans, managed to sway the party to a new direction.


The Free Traders who sent the jobs overseas, were not pretending. They believe in Free Trade.


The Economic Nationalists who want those jobs back, are not pretending. We want those jobs back.


This should not be confusing to you.

Republicans turned good paid union workers into villains which made it ok to buy products from other countries. Previously people wanted to buy USA made.

obama made deals with china to send them manufacturing jobs - you really need to see the whole picture, not just run around with your bitter-beer-face shit all the time.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Many CEOs make a dollar a year. It's income inequality!

13 top executives who earn a $1 salary or less

 

[Wyatt earp]

Why do you say "pretend"?

It’s a political game. They don’t care about workers, they sent the jobs away in the first place.

So, you missed that entire debate about Free Trade Ideologues vs economic self interest Populism in the primaries?



What actually happened was the Free Trade Ideologues used to rule the GOP. They got their way for a long time.


The results were not what they promised.


Eventually, far too slowly, imo, the less Ideologically and more pragmatic republicans, managed to sway the party to a new direction.


The Free Traders who sent the jobs overseas, were not pretending. They believe in Free Trade.


The Economic Nationalists who want those jobs back, are not pretending. We want those jobs back.


This should not be confusing to you.

Republicans turned good paid union workers into villains which made it ok to buy products from other countries. Previously people wanted to buy USA made.

Lazy *****?

That’s what repubs say. Can’t have good paid jobs here.

Like the left hates union jobs in Washington state?

You know great union jobs that give Israel military hardware?

 

[the other mike]

And that means what?

It means Reaganomics , bad trade deals , deregulation, monopolized media, and
bribed representatives in Washington killed the 'American Dream'.
Carlin nailed it in '04;

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Many CEOs make a dollar a year. It's income inequality!

13 top executives who earn a $1 salary or less

Trump's fault!!!

 

[Brain357]

Yes the republicans sent our well paying jobs to china with their war on unions. Now they pretend to want those jobs back.

Why do you say "pretend"?

It’s a political game. They don’t care about workers, they sent the jobs away in the first place.

So, you missed that entire debate about Free Trade Ideologues vs economic self interest Populism in the primaries?



What actually happened was the Free Trade Ideologues used to rule the GOP. They got their way for a long time.


The results were not what they promised.


Eventually, far too slowly, imo, the less Ideologically and more pragmatic republicans, managed to sway the party to a new direction.


The Free Traders who sent the jobs overseas, were not pretending. They believe in Free Trade.


The Economic Nationalists who want those jobs back, are not pretending. We want those jobs back.


This should not be confusing to you.

Republicans turned good paid union workers into villains which made it ok to buy products from other countries. Previously people wanted to buy USA made.

obama made deals with china to send them manufacturing jobs - you really need to see the whole picture, not just run around with your bitter-beer-face shit all the time.

Obama is quite a while after all the real damage was done.

 

[Brain357]

It’s a political game. They don’t care about workers, they sent the jobs away in the first place.

So, you missed that entire debate about Free Trade Ideologues vs economic self interest Populism in the primaries?



What actually happened was the Free Trade Ideologues used to rule the GOP. They got their way for a long time.


The results were not what they promised.


Eventually, far too slowly, imo, the less Ideologically and more pragmatic republicans, managed to sway the party to a new direction.


The Free Traders who sent the jobs overseas, were not pretending. They believe in Free Trade.


The Economic Nationalists who want those jobs back, are not pretending. We want those jobs back.


This should not be confusing to you.

Republicans turned good paid union workers into villains which made it ok to buy products from other countries. Previously people wanted to buy USA made.

Lazy *****?

That’s what repubs say. Can’t have good paid jobs here.

Like the left hates union jobs in Washington state?

You know great union jobs that give Israel military hardware?

You will have to explain. Aren't we subsidizing Israel military hardware? Why should we do that?

 

[BluesLegend]

Ah...Fake News the OP is laughable.

We'll see when Trump is laughed out of the White House
by Pocahontas or the Sandman.

LMAO Trump is still the president Trump won again??

If they try to shove Biden down our throats he will.

None of the Dem candidates can stand toe to toe with Trump in a debate he'll mop the floor with them.

Yes he can run in his record of drastically increasing deficits. Or maybe slowing the economy, farmers love his trade war. Stagnant market? So much to run on.

Your spin and lies are of no interest to me.