The end of the American Dream

[Rocko]

It is not just CEOs but all top level management irrespective of their performance

And you think if someone else makes less that you'll make more?
Or that if someone else makes more then you'll make less?

What i think is that corporations make enough to pay top executives and stock holders
They cannot claim the money is not there to better compensate their employees
The result is a declining standard of living for workers and loss of the American dream

How exactly do corporations compensate stock holders?

Dividends

Do you know why some stocks pay dividends?

Here’s a hint: it’s not to reward anyone in the form of compensation

 

[sparky]

worth the watch>>>>



follow up with>>>



~S~

 

[rightwinger]

It is not just CEOs but all top level management irrespective of their performance

And you think if someone else makes less that you'll make more?
Or that if someone else makes more then you'll make less?

What i think is that corporations make enough to pay top executives and stock holders
They cannot claim the money is not there to better compensate their employees
The result is a declining standard of living for workers and loss of the American dream

How exactly do corporations compensate stock holders?

Dividends

Do you know why some stocks pay dividends?

Make your own freak’n point

 

[sparky]

add this in, as an end result of allowing the elites rape of the middle class>>>

World economy at risk of another financial crash, says IMF

 

[rightwinger]

And you think if someone else makes less that you'll make more?
Or that if someone else makes more then you'll make less?

What i think is that corporations make enough to pay top executives and stock holders
They cannot claim the money is not there to better compensate their employees
The result is a declining standard of living for workers and loss of the American dream

How exactly do corporations compensate stock holders?

Dividends

Do you know why some stocks pay dividends?

Here’s a hint: it’s not to reward anyone in the form of compensation

The point is corporations cannot claim profit margins do not support a higher wage structure.

Employee compensation has been frozen for decades.....
The result is people like you and I do not have the standard of living we normally would have
You may want to celebrate that fact, but I think it is bad for the country

So......why did we give out huge corporate tax cuts again?

 

[sparky]

My point is, the potus or congress are no more than mouthpieces

they account for very little of our economy, the well being of the middle class, or the future of America

they do, however, love partisans , best shield they have

~S~

 

[francoHFW]

CEO salaries are out of whack. That is for sure. Rightly or wrongly.

It is not just CEOs but all top level management irrespective of their performance

And you think if someone else makes less that you'll make more?
Or that if someone else makes more then you'll make less?

Experts agree having high tax rates on the richest is the only way to stop this ridiculous CEO pay. Thanks scumbag GOP brainwash and silly Dupes like you all...

And where does the money go to politicians like Maxine's mansion ?



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Maxine has been investigated multiple times and no problem, super duper.

 

[Wyatt earp]

CEO salaries are out of whack. That is for sure. Rightly or wrongly.

It is not just CEOs but all top level management irrespective of their performance

And you think if someone else makes less that you'll make more?
Or that if someone else makes more then you'll make less?

Experts agree having high tax rates on the richest is the only way to stop this ridiculous CEO pay. Thanks scumbag GOP brainwash and silly Dupes like you all...

And where does the money go to politicians like Maxine's mansion ?



.

Maxine has been investigated multiple times and no problem, super duper.

Not by a special prosecutor...god knows the IRS does nothing but spy on the TEA party.


.

 

[francoHFW]

My point is, the potus or congress are no more than mouthpieces

they account for very little of our economy, the well being of the middle class, or the future of America

they do, however, love partisans , best shield they have

~S~

My ass, dupe. The GOP is a giveaway to the rich end of story.
Demise of the American Middle Class In Numbers.

Over the past 35 years the American dream has gradually disappeared. The process was slow, so most people didn’t notice. They just worked a few more hours, borrowed a little more and cut back on non-essentials. But looking at the numbers and comparing them over long time periods, it is obvious that things have changed drastically. Here are the details:

1. WORKERS PRODUCE MORE BUT THE GAINS GO TO BUSINESS.

Over the past 63 years worker productivity has grown by 2.0% per year.

But after 1980, workers received a smaller share every year. Labor’s share of income (1992 = 100%):

1950 = 101%
1960 = 105%
1970 = 105%
1980 = 105% – Reagan
1990 = 100%
2000 = 96%
2007 = 92%

A 13% drop since 1980

2. THE TOP 10% GET A LARGER SHARE.

Share of National Income going to Top 10%:

1950 = 35%
1960 = 34%
1970 = 34%
1980 = 34% – Reagan
1990 = 40%
2000 = 47%
2007 = 50%

An increase of 16% since Reagan.

3. WORKERS COMPENSATED FOR THE LOSS OF INCOME BY SPENDING THEIR SAVINGS.

The savings Rose up to Reagan and fell during and after.

1950 = 6.0%
1960 = 7.0%
1970 = 8.5%
1980 = 10.0% – Reagan
1982 = 11.2% – Peak
1990 = 7.0%
2000 = 2.0%
2006 = -1.1% (Negative = withdrawing from savings)

A 12.3% drop after Reagan.

4. WORKERS ALSO BORROWED TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS.

Household Debt as percentage of GDP:

1965 = 46%
1970 = 45%
1980 = 50% – Reagan
1990 = 61%
2000 = 69%
2007 = 95%

 

[Rocko]

And you think if someone else makes less that you'll make more?
Or that if someone else makes more then you'll make less?

What i think is that corporations make enough to pay top executives and stock holders
They cannot claim the money is not there to better compensate their employees
The result is a declining standard of living for workers and loss of the American dream

How exactly do corporations compensate stock holders?

Dividends

Do you know why some stocks pay dividends?

Make your own freak’n point

You act like a comp

And you think if someone else makes less that you'll make more?
Or that if someone else makes more then you'll make less?

What i think is that corporations make enough to pay top executives and stock holders
They cannot claim the money is not there to better compensate their employees
The result is a declining standard of living for workers and loss of the American dream

How exactly do corporations compensate stock holders?

Dividends

Do you know why some stocks pay dividends?

Make your own freak’n point

Dividends are issued for one reason and that is to attract investors. You make it seem like a publicaly traded corporation should have other priorities. It shouldn’t. The shareholders are partners, and its the company’s job to increase the equity of their partners and attract more partners

 

[Rocko]

What i think is that corporations make enough to pay top executives and stock holders
They cannot claim the money is not there to better compensate their employees
The result is a declining standard of living for workers and loss of the American dream

How exactly do corporations compensate stock holders?

Dividends

Do you know why some stocks pay dividends?

Here’s a hint: it’s not to reward anyone in the form of compensation

The point is corporations cannot claim profit margins do not support a higher wage structure.

Employee compensation has been frozen for decades.....
The result is people like you and I do not have the standard of living we normally would have
You may want to celebrate that fact, but I think it is bad for the country

So......why did we give out huge corporate tax cuts again?

Let the free markets decide wages. Regulations are down and corporate wages are higher. See how that works?

 

[rightwinger]

What i think is that corporations make enough to pay top executives and stock holders
They cannot claim the money is not there to better compensate their employees
The result is a declining standard of living for workers and loss of the American dream

How exactly do corporations compensate stock holders?

Dividends

Do you know why some stocks pay dividends?

Make your own freak’n point

You act like a comp

What i think is that corporations make enough to pay top executives and stock holders
They cannot claim the money is not there to better compensate their employees
The result is a declining standard of living for workers and loss of the American dream

How exactly do corporations compensate stock holders?

Dividends

Do you know why some stocks pay dividends?

Make your own freak’n point

Dividends are issued for one reason and that is to attract investors. You make it seem like a publicaly traded corporation should have other priorities. It shouldn’t. The shareholders are partners, and its the company’s job to increase the equity of their partners and attract more partners

They seemed to have no problem attracting investors thirty years ago and a larger portion of profits went to those who produce it

 

[Dragonlady]

Finish school, get a job, get married, raise a family, take family vacations, buy a house, send your kids to college, eventually retire

Most jobs don't support middle-class life after accounting for cost of living, exclusive study shows

Advances in technology.

Should make our lives easier

We have the strongest economy on earth but our working class is losing a basic standard of living

It is all related to Return On Investment and the purposeful mechanism of overpopulating our workforce to drive down wages by both parties.

Return on investment has never been higher. Wages as a percentage of income haven’t been this low since the Guilded Age.

The Republican tax code, rewards investment not labour. There needs to be a balance. Things will continue to deteriorate until wages for workers increase to a living level. If they don’t, Poverty will continue to rise.

 

[Rocko]

How exactly do corporations compensate stock holders?

Dividends

Do you know why some stocks pay dividends?

Make your own freak’n point

You act like a comp

How exactly do corporations compensate stock holders?

Dividends

Do you know why some stocks pay dividends?

Make your own freak’n point

Dividends are issued for one reason and that is to attract investors. You make it seem like a publicaly traded corporation should have other priorities. It shouldn’t. The shareholders are partners, and its the company’s job to increase the equity of their partners and attract more partners

They seemed to have no problem attracting investors thirty years ago and a larger portion of profits went to those who produce it

The market is a lot bigger than it was thirty years ago. We have trillion dollar companies now. If you’re saying all the wealth that’s generated isn’t being divvied out equally or fairly, that’s capitalism you have a problem with

 

[rightwinger]

65 percent of jobs do not pay enough to qualify as middle class

Corporate profits are at record levels, so is executive compensation

Yet, we can’t expect our corporations to pay more than a $7.25 minimum wage. We can’t burden them with health insurance, we can’t expect them to pay wages for employees to support a family

But they deserve a tax cut

 

[initforme]

American employers have never had an easier time finding qualified hard working devoted workers than this young generation. If they struggle I would hope and pray they continue to struggle.

 

[sparky]

Likely a cereal rapist

My point is, the potus or congress are no more than mouthpieces

they account for very little of our economy, the well being of the middle class, or the future of America

they do, however, love partisans , best shield they have

~S~

My ass, dupe. The GOP is a giveaway to the rich end of story.
Demise of the American Middle Class In Numbers.

Over the past 35 years the American dream has gradually disappeared. The process was slow, so most people didn’t notice. They just worked a few more hours, borrowed a little more and cut back on non-essentials. But looking at the numbers and comparing them over long time periods, it is obvious that things have changed drastically. Here are the details:

1. WORKERS PRODUCE MORE BUT THE GAINS GO TO BUSINESS.

Over the past 63 years worker productivity has grown by 2.0% per year.

But after 1980, workers received a smaller share every year. Labor’s share of income (1992 = 100%):

1950 = 101%
1960 = 105%
1970 = 105%
1980 = 105% – Reagan
1990 = 100%
2000 = 96%
2007 = 92%

A 13% drop since 1980

2. THE TOP 10% GET A LARGER SHARE.

Share of National Income going to Top 10%:

1950 = 35%
1960 = 34%
1970 = 34%
1980 = 34% – Reagan
1990 = 40%
2000 = 47%
2007 = 50%

An increase of 16% since Reagan.

3. WORKERS COMPENSATED FOR THE LOSS OF INCOME BY SPENDING THEIR SAVINGS.

The savings Rose up to Reagan and fell during and after.

1950 = 6.0%
1960 = 7.0%
1970 = 8.5%
1980 = 10.0% – Reagan
1982 = 11.2% – Peak
1990 = 7.0%
2000 = 2.0%
2006 = -1.1% (Negative = withdrawing from savings)

A 12.3% drop after Reagan.

4. WORKERS ALSO BORROWED TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS.

Household Debt as percentage of GDP:

1965 = 46%
1970 = 45%
1980 = 50% – Reagan
1990 = 61%
2000 = 69%
2007 = 95%

Oh, i remember.....>>>

 

[francoHFW]

It is not just CEOs but all top level management irrespective of their performance

And you think if someone else makes less that you'll make more?
Or that if someone else makes more then you'll make less?

Experts agree having high tax rates on the richest is the only way to stop this ridiculous CEO pay. Thanks scumbag GOP brainwash and silly Dupes like you all...

And where does the money go to politicians like Maxine's mansion ?



.

Maxine has been investigated multiple times and no problem, super duper.

Not by a special prosecutor...god knows the IRS does nothing but spy on the TEA party.


.

Of course you have no evidence for that just garbage propaganda.

 

[rightwinger]

Dividends

Do you know why some stocks pay dividends?

Make your own freak’n point

You act like a comp

Dividends

Do you know why some stocks pay dividends?

Make your own freak’n point

Dividends are issued for one reason and that is to attract investors. You make it seem like a publicaly traded corporation should have other priorities. It shouldn’t. The shareholders are partners, and its the company’s job to increase the equity of their partners and attract more partners

They seemed to have no problem attracting investors thirty years ago and a larger portion of profits went to those who produce it

The market is a lot bigger than it was thirty years ago. We have trillion dollar companies now. If you’re saying all the wealth that’s generated isn’t being divvied out equally or fairly, that’s capitalism you have a problem with

Yes I do

And it makes me wonder why our Government is compensating them while we remove worker protections

 

[Rocko]

65 percent of jobs do not pay enough to qualify as middle class

Corporate profits are at record levels, so is executive compensation

Yet, we can’t expect our corporations to pay more than a $7.25 minimum wage. We can’t burden them with health insurance, we can’t expect them to pay wages for employees to support a family

But they deserve a tax cut

Corporate taxes were way to high compared to what corporations produce and what the taxes are in the rest of the world. Lower taxes is always an incentive to do more business