Mind the Gap

[Davo36]

This is from an article on Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_639984.html

It kind of interesting to see the income disparity now in the US. I have no data but I'm sure this would be similar in most westernised economies.

I'm not sure how I feel about this. I don't want to see rich people taxed any more but I do feel sorry for the people right down the bottom who have only had a 16% increase since 1979.[IMG]file:///C:/Users/David/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-3.png[/IMG][IMG]file:///C:/Users/David/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-4.png[/IMG]

[graemeh]

If the rich people weren't earning as much then the poor people wouldn't even have jobs as the rich people wouldn't be able to afford cleaners and a pool boy

[One]

If CEOs weren't paid so many millions, US companies could afford a few more ordinary workers. Quite a few more.

[eri]

if we want a "level" society

and we find we can't lift the lower levels

does that mean pulling the higher levels down?

because there will always be a bottom and there will always be a top

legislation can't change that

[eri]

nissan was in serious trouble

and carlos ghosan seems to have pulled them out of it

what's that worth to the japanese car industry?

should they have instead spent that money on another 400 car workers making cars that no one wanted to buy?

when you go after ceo's remember most of them do far more and earn far less than sports stars like alex rodrigues

and like sports stars if they aren't performing

they should be let go

most of them are