pAre CEOs paid too much?

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Yes, they are

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Some of them are

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No, they're not

@Mar '13 V 396 votes c 151 comments

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Serpent25 endorsed DavidRobertson

v No, they're not
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Doctordub endorsed Dan_Tien

v Yes, they are
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v No, they're not
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v Some of them are
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EastCoastMan voted

v Yes, they are
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v Yes, they are
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v No, they're not
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nagydonnac voted

v Yes, they are
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Jen13411 endorsed Hireman

v Some of them are
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Carach endorsed DavidRobertson

v No, they're not
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jimbo375

v Some of them are

It's really none of our business. Free market sets the salary base.

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vrmhugs1957 endorsed Dan_Tien

v Yes, they are
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Philof endorsed Hireman

v Some of them are
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Eady voted

v Yes, they are
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9MileTrucking voted

v No, they're not
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east2west voted

v Yes, they are
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v No, they're not
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skspls voted

v Yes, they are
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hancel voted

v Yes, they are
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EdVet voted

v Yes, they are
Jun 13
dethkat666 endorsed DogLady_1

v Yes, they are
Jun 13

JTHEM

v Some of them are

I am glad to have the opportunity to state that the newspapers in Pennsylvania were reporting that United Healthcare CEO's options a few years ago was supposed to be about $1 Billion. This is about 10,000 bone marrow transplants. All healthcare should be non-profit!.

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USN-22 voted

v Some of them are
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BostonRob voted

v Yes, they are
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N0rthman endorsed Hireman

v Some of them are
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fantasyflygon voted

v Yes, they are
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oldsolder voted

v Yes, they are
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v Yes, they are
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v Yes, they are
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sml11 endorsed Dan_Tien

v Yes, they are
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Tbplummer1951 voted

v Yes, they are
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v Yes, they are
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rtoberl voted

v Yes, they are
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Katychicago1 endorsed 4PeteSake

v Yes, they are
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LEC endorsed Dan_Tien

v Yes, they are
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v Yes, they are
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Texasbuzz voted

v Yes, they are
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Lkh voted

v Yes, they are
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LilliB voted

v Yes, they are
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DemonsAngel13 endorsed Dan_Tien

v Yes, they are
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TJWV voted

v Yes, they are
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WaMu voted

v Yes, they are
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DanielZ endorsed 4PeteSake

v Yes, they are
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Avoicenmany voted

v Some of them are
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Ryan90 voted

v No, they're not
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MalloryGrace

v Yes, they are

Stupid question. Of course they are.

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May 21

sgh7

v Yes, they are

paid for what???

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May 21
jond414 voted

v Yes, they are
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Bill2E

v Yes, they are

However this is a decision by the companies that pay them.

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DesignerLM voted

v Yes, they are

Jun 16

jimbo375

v Some of them are

It's really none of our business. Free market sets the salary base.

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Jun 13

JTHEM

v Some of them are

I am glad to have the opportunity to state that the newspapers in Pennsylvania were reporting that United Healthcare CEO's options a few years ago was supposed to be about $1 Billion. This is about 10,000 bone marrow transplants. All healthcare should be non-profit!.

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MalloryGrace

v Yes, they are

Stupid question. Of course they are.

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May 21

sgh7

v Yes, they are

paid for what???

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May 20

Bill2E

v Yes, they are

However this is a decision by the companies that pay them.

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May '13

Thomas_Paine

v Yes, they are

What real productivity does a CEO actually provide? At a pay scale of 232 to almost 300 times what the average employee makes what do they actually do? Why is it that since the recession all the gains have gone to the one percent which certainly includes the typical fortune 500 CEO? Why is it in countries like Japan CEOs make on average a ratio of 16 to 1compared to the average employee? Yes, there is class warfare and we the 99% are the victims of it.

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May '13

tomincali

v No, they're not

its not our business what the next guy makes,that childish thinking. what next thinking all should get the same pay?

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May '13

ruserious

v No, they're not

There is no such thing as being paid too much. It's nobody's business what another person makes unless they write the check. If all CEOs made what you did then there would be less money to fund your gov't check. Find something legitimate to concern yourself with or become as smart as a CEO.

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May '13

rdgreen

v Yes, they are

Hell Yes!!!!!!!

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May '13

Calfkiller

v Yes, they are

Anyone worth their weight in Gold is grossly overpaid in my opinion.

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May '13

GvtMule

v No, they're not

Everyone cuts their own deal.

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Apr '13

Wafflecone

v Yes, they are

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Mar '13

fncitori

v Yes, they are

The problem is that there is a conflict of interest on the boards of many US publicly traded companies as many of US CEOs are also Chairmen of the Board for their own company. "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely" to quote Acton so allowing a CEO the ability to award himself bonuses and stock options only results in the raping of the companies wealth. Stock holders should have the ability to approve the CEO and boards compensation and if the CEO doesn't like it, they can go elsewhere. Ultimately, if a CEO is worth the money, stock holders will be willing to pay for them but few are worth what they are getting paid. It's funny that the greatest...

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Mar '13

jorgy

v Yes, they are

many corporations over the years went broke or borrowed from the government but the CEOs never took a paycut...sounds like politicians...I am not sympathetic to any corporation that struggles when the CEO makes 10's of millions and doesn't put it back to save the company...they are selfish and greedy...they'll never spend all they have and could help in the world if they took just what they needed. For every 57 million Heinz gets per year he could employ 10,000 more workers and then some. Getting paid that ONE year would have been plenty to live on the rest of his life...but, no, he has to have more and more while unemployment continues to rise...

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Mar '13

seedtick

v Some of them are

Some CEOs are definitely paid too much. These oversee nothing...they just sit at the head of the table. The executive team, as a whole, runs some companies. But, there are some who take over a failing organization, re-structure it, apply good management theory, and hold those under them accountable for doing their jobs. They deserve a good salary with incentives when they save a failing company. And, those who are on the shovels in the trenches owe their jobs to the CEO that saves their organization.

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Mar '13

SmedleyButler

v Yes, they are

American ones are at the very least. AND they get paid off big time for bad performance! I wouldn't invest in public companies, It only works for the big fish for their ponzi schemes.

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Mar '13

zachsquatch

v Some of them are

My pops is the CEO of his company and I can tell you that some weeks he'd happily trade pay checks with the door greeter at WallyWorld.

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Mar '13

savo

v Yes, they are

yes

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Mar '13

neopatriot

v Yes, they are

Of course they are paid too much but what can be done about it and if they were to get paid less where would that money go???

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Mar '13

maddogusn

v No, they're not

If a CEO does well for his company and that company prospers then fine. If that company fairs poorly then it's up to the shareholders to determine whether or not a CEO should be paid well or overly rewarded. It would depend on how that CEO's contract is written. That being said if a company is operating on a deficit or in danger of bankruptcy and using taxpayer money to continue operating , then that CEO should only receive a bonus or paycheck after that company has become solvent again and has repaid the taxpayer with interest. GM and Chrysler did not do this, and our government did not enforce it. Essentially it was a give away.

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Dan_Tien

v Yes, they are

According to "The Quarterly Journal of Economics", "... the sixfold increase of U.S. CEO pay between 1980 and 2003 can be fully attributed to the sixfold increase in market capitalization of large companies during that period." According to "Huffington Post", "CEO pay spiked 725 percent between 1978 and 2011, while worker pay rose just 5.7 percent... That means CEO pay grew 127 times faster than worker pay." Is "sixfold" anything like 725%? It sure sounds like less. As I have been told by apologist for the wealthy on this site, suspecting that CEO pay has grown 127 times faster than worker pay because of simple greed demonstrates my "hatred, resentment and envy of tho...

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Mar '13

Hireman

v Some of them are

There are many CEOs that make little more than other employees. Others that are underpaid for what they bring to the table. Others still that are dead weight. You can't paint them all with such a broad brush with any kind of intellectual honesty.

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Mar '13

DavidRobertson

v No, they're not

CEO's are paid what their shareholders feel they are worth. What anyone else thinks is irrelevant.

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Mar '13

DogLady_1

v Yes, they are

Their pay reflects exactly what they think about the people who made them successful... insignificant! Instead of sharing the profits, they pocket it for themselves and mete out tiny cost of living raises to those who did all the work. Yes, there are some exceptions to this, but I think these CEO salaries are indicative of how strong the climate of greed is in our country, and explains why so many people are struggling while their employers make record profits. If a person works for a large corporation these days, they don't have a job... the job has them! I forgot who said it, but it needs to be said here: "Greed is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty."

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Mar '13

Your_Name_Here

v Yes, they are

For their mediocre performance, many times at the expense of investors and taxpayers, I would say many of them are grossly overpaid.

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Mar '13

ZombieMedic

v Yes, they are

Yes of course CEO's are paid too much! There is a major income discrepancy in this country, and the biggest reason is that people are not paid according to the worthiness of their job. Many of the more important jobs that society cannot do without very easily are vastly underpaid, such as Teachers, Nurses/EMS, Farmers/Ranchers, Firemen, etc, while the really worthless jobs are paid obscene amounts of money, such as politicians, CEO's, Actors, etc. Anyone making a paid salary of more than $100,000/yr is being overpaid, no matter what they do, unless they are hauling nuclear waste, or are test subjects for experimental drugs, or some equally horrible job. Pay has gone u...

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Mar '13

Realthinker

v No, they're not

It's none of my business what CEO's are paid. That is determined by the Board of Directors, and if the shareholders don't like it they can take it up with them. For me to decide arbitrarily what someone else should earn would be *judgemental* on my part. Isn't it ironic, the people who preach the most about avoiding judgementalism are themselves the most judgemental when it comes to what other people earn?

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Mar '13

Clarke12

v Some of them are

depends on what they do. if they turn a company around or increase profit, then they deserve their pay. if they drive the company into bankruptcy, then no.

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4PeteSake

v Yes, they are

And the Republican Party has vowed to fight tooth and nail to make sure they make more and more and more and are taxed as little as possible on their "earnings."

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Mar '13

lawnmowrman

v Some of them are

The explanation we most often hear is that the one that works the hardest should be paid the most. By that logic the framer and the iron worker should make the millions. Sitting on the butt jobs are jobs that are required but they are not work. Work leaves a person stinking and often sore. A sit on the butt job will never do that. No one is worth millions.

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