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By cmu on May 24, 2010 3:35 PM
“Also, to go back to CMU’s argument above: the purchase of a company’s products are discretionary”
Disingenuous. If I don’t buy an Acer, I have to buy another brand. And large companies are are equal-opportunity extortionists at the top
This is such a typical “them vs. all of us” nonsensical argument. Do you really think Acer, Apple, lenovo, Dell are in cohoots with each other??? Paranoid.
Re: executive comp — this is the sound of me not really caring about either side of that debate.
By dirty_hipster on May 24, 2010 3:10 PM
“ceo pressures is not the same as our gigs. to think otherwise is not understanding what the ceo gig entails”
i don’t buy this whole “CEO pressure” thing.
At any point after getting a 20 million dollar payout – he can quit and live off that forever.
the REAL pressure is the entry level guy who actually NEEDS his job to pay rent, debt and support the family
AMEN!
I wonder how much Tony Hayward will be paid this year.
dibs:” First you said it should be taxed away and given to the entitled. Now you’re saying it’s not even earned.”
I would’ve said “first’ that it was not justifiable (aka not earned) but held off to present the argument that if we HAD to live with obscene levels of compensation, we the people can at least get our share. Of course it’s not ‘earned’…no one human is worth $22 million.
“i will give him credit for unleashing a massive load of mind control and brand loyalty over people for overpriced junk.”
I’m sure if most of it was either overpriced or junk, the share price would not have done this…..
http://imgur.com/uxCBj
It ties in perfectly with your Dandy Gelatine comment from like 3 months ago!
“Also, to go back to CMU’s argument above: the purchase of a company’s products are discretionary”
Disingenuous. If I don’t buy an Acer, I have to buy another brand. And large companies are are equal-opportunity extortionists at the top.
Dave, remind me to tell you off-line a small world story about the “Predator’s Ball”.