"C. E. White" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@mindspring.com...
I really only have one comment to make.... how is the Stock Market a big Casino that I "feed my money into so they can live like a Sultan"? I get mine too. GM pays a $.50/sh dividend each quarter. That is a pretty decent dividend, especially for an auto manufacturer. Their stock is on a decent rise from the fall of the market a few years ago. So I don't see how you are getting screwed on it here. Perhaps if you knew how to make Your Money Work For You, you wouldn't be so angry. This is a capitalistic society. Those who work for it are rewarded for it. Sure, Mr Wagoner may get paid a lot. Part of it may be greed, it may be he is worth it, it may be something else. But look at someone like Henry Ford, he worked tirelessly for years to get his auto company off the ground. He probably spent nights upon nights without sleep, working his ass off, and he was rewarded for it. He made millions, had one of the most powerful companies in the U.S., and there were people who complained about his ways. But I tell you what, if that man offered me a job, I would have taken it and never complained one bit about it. Some companies lie, cheat, steal, but it is our job to educate ourselves on what it is those companies do. Knowledge is the key to success in our world. If you don't like capitalism, I would suggest a country like Sweeden or Switzerland, perhaps even Cuba, North Korea, or Vietnam where everyone is equal (at least according to the rules of communism, but something tells me they are using that word a little loosely... I see dictatorship... but what do I know.) and gets equal pay based off their job description and gets equal food and gets equal housing and the same clothing. Then you won't have to worry about anyone making $14.7 million dollars a year, it will be like $100 a year. You won't have to worry about someone having 17 cows to your 1 or anything, at least in theory, but I am pretty sure in North Korea, they are lucky to have a cow (or ox). I do think some CEO's make too much money, and in a way I think some regulation should be in place, such as when American Airlines is cutting jobs, cutting pay, and filing bankruptcy but the CEO is giving himself a payraise and a bonus it seems a little backassward. Although by filing bankruptcy the courts will decide that stuff. But still. Kmart is another example, offering loans to top executive and pay increases and generous use of company equipment while closing stores and cutting employess instead of investing in the company which drove it into the ground. But I can't complain much cause such is the world of capitalism.