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Susan Calvin

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10. That is an extremely good point.

Reply to I_UndergroundPanther (Reply #7)

Sun Apr 24, 2022, 10:50 PM

Apr 2022

Do the math on the CEO salaries and billionaires' wealth. See how long it would take a regular person to get that much money. It's obscene. And I try very hard never to refer to those people as earning their money, because they haven't. They can't. It's impossible to earn that much money.

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CenterPoint shareholders rebuke CEO David Lesar's $38 million compensation [View all] TexasTowelie Apr 2022 OP

I would be happy to screw up a job for $38M, though I wouldn't want anyone to die. catrose Apr 2022 #1

Wonder if they provide parking? Midnight Writer Apr 2022 #2

LOL. The guy probably told the governing body he's working from home permanently. Hoyt Apr 2022 #4

Unless I were literally homeless and starving, Susan Calvin Apr 2022 #8

Seems laughably/contemptuously high. And I'm not one to gripe about Hoyt Apr 2022 #3

Being one of those who went a week without water, power, etc., I'm not inclined to be generous. catrose Apr 2022 #5

Get it. Hoyt Apr 2022 #6

I can identify with that. Susan Calvin Apr 2022 #11

That's why I posted the article when I saw it. TexasTowelie Apr 2022 #13

No "talent" on earth is worth 38 million I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2022 #7

Well, if their policies/plans for future fail, the hit to us could be billions. Hoyt Apr 2022 #9

After a certain point Susan Calvin Apr 2022 #12

Taxes need to increase, for sure. Truthfully, I'd love to have millions of people Hoyt Apr 2022 #14

That is an extremely good point. Susan Calvin Apr 2022 #10