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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 07:49 PM Original message |
Wall St. pigs write that "Americans are overpaid" -- and get published by the NY Times |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. It would prevent globalization as others do any job cheaper that an average American does |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 07:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. You can be the first to voluntarily cut your salary in half |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Pssst...as a five buck an hour DLC hogwash dispenser, he really can't afford a pay cut. |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. That's precisely what Meyerson suggested: |
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dschis (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
54. I can speak for myself as a network guy |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. You can't compete with starving 3rd world workers. You just can't. |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
62. Or to unite with the workers of the world |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. How are we supposed to get better educated with stagnant incomes... |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Get a rich father/family. nt |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 08:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Kill the rich and take their money |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. So violent! We aren't barbarians you know. Try to be more civilized. |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 09:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. I'll buy that! |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Bypass for-pay college materials |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
55. it looks like a great page |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. The front cover of time has an article on why the average American hates Wall Streeters |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Yes, I saw that TIME cover. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. They certainly do. A-holes, all. nt |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. A smart president would marshal this sort of deal to pass his reforms |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. My mom (who has a lot of horse-sense), said.... |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. The meek shall inherit a kick in the teeth |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. No. My post means that as long as this nation is a racist nation |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Pfeh. History and the current electorate will look far more harshly on a president who |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. +1. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #44 |
57. I also want him to do whatever he has to do, but let's face it... |
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JANdad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. It's not White or Black Presidents |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Your mum is right |
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theoldman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. I have the solution to reduce wages. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. So sweatshop laborers are now our peers. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. workers: overpaid? |
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jimshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
8. The French had a solution to this disparity in |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Mad did a song parody that remains in my brain... |
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placton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. Dint some guy name of Obama |
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corpseratemedia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
14. well then, since their wages now consist of stolen taxpayer money, |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. Yeah, but Goldman Sucks has to pay to retain TALENT ... |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Talent? What talent? |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
60. And, I'd submit that sharks aren't as ruthless. eom |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
20. Maybe the working class of the world needs to unite and go on strike |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 08:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. We'll relearn these skills if we have to. |
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necso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
22. Pigs are smarter, more scrupulous. /nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
23. That's all right. Very soon, the five of them will only be reading each other. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
24. I took the pay cut *and* got a better job. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
28. Thank GOD we bailed out the failed Wall Street Bankers! |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 09:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Check out Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #36 |
50. They got their 30 pieces of silver. |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
29. Didn't have the guts to allow comments on that revolting blob of oligarchical emesis ? |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
30. SOME Americans are overpaid. |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. And lobbyists . . . |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
31. Have these dumb shit authors thought even for a second about who buys the fucking products? |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
32. Or how about this gem.. " Goldman Sacs CEO Explains Riches... |
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jimshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Some people just need a red hot poker shoved up their |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
38. "That's a very high grade of dirt you're eating there, sir" |
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ShamelessHussy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-11-09 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
41. SAVE AMERICA - OUTSOURCE YOUR C x O! |
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mrmpa (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
45. Real equity |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
46. These guys would shit a whole truckload of kittens if we stopped |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
47. Other Americans are beset with too much wealth. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
48. The tumbrils are ready to roll for these motherfuckers |
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DiverDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
49. What morons these guys are |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
51. we are done if we let this meme take hold. Until now we were the good guys |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
52. that's been their belief for a long time |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
53. his ass is overpaid. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
58. kick |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
61. CEO's are not workers...and they MUST get millions more....nt |
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