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It's interesting that CEOs and their supporters claim they are paid such huge sums because 'the market' says that's what they are worth. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The CEOs and hand picked boards determine their own pay and benefits package. 'The market' played no role in it at all. It was simply cronyism. The stockholders certainly didn't benefit because that money came right out of their pocket.
Want to see futility? Watch a simple shareholder actually try to get into a shareholders meeting to protest CEO pay. Security wouldn't let them get past the sidewalk. YouTube is loaded with videos of shareholders daring to attempt to get into shareholder meetings.
My late father-in-law once decided he'd go to a Southern Company stockholders' meeting. At the time he held over $2,000,000 in company stock (which is why my POS brother-in-law will never have to work). He got the most condescending letter you can imagine about how, unfortunately, small shareholders would not be allowed to attend.
Not sure that's true of the Southern Company anymore. Now they mail corporate voting proxies to the shareholders, there is a ticket stub for the shareholders' meeting attached. The proxy also states where and directions to the meeting, the 2011 meet was in Georgia. Of course one can exercise proxy votes by mail or the internet, in person you need a picture ID. 
Yeah, I have a few shares myself. It's a really good investment.
Regarding my story, my wife is responsible and worked hard her whole life. She is a highly respected professional. She makes a good living, as do I.
Her brother is a POS, dropout, illegitimate children, the whole nine yards. Never worked an honest day in his life and was a thorn in his parents side up until 'ol Dad got cancer. F-I-L left him everything. His reasoning was that Ruth was smart and would do fine but Ross would always need help.
Ross is a real die hard conservative who considers anyone drawing unemployment or getting food stamps as parasites.
Sounds like I'd like to party with Ross.
Maybe so.
Gotta warn you, he's not very bright. In 5 years he'll be broke.
He might not be conservative, he might just want those folks' unemployment payments to run out so they aren't counted as unemployed.
He's VERY conservative and he's incapable of thinking that far ahead.
Now I KNOW I'd like to party with Ross! 
And you may see me tonight
With an illegal smile
J. Prine
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Re: I couldn't think of a name for this thread.
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It's interesting that CEOs and their supporters claim they are paid such huge sums because 'the market' says that's what they are worth. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The CEOs and hand picked boards determine their own pay and benefits package. 'The market' played no role in it at all. It was simply cronyism. The stockholders certainly didn't benefit because that money came right out of their pocket.
Want to see futility? Watch a simple shareholder actually try to get into a shareholders meeting to protest CEO pay. Security wouldn't let them get past the sidewalk. YouTube is loaded with videos of shareholders daring to attempt to get into shareholder meetings.
My late father-in-law once decided he'd go to a Southern Company stockholders' meeting. At the time he held over $2,000,000 in company stock (which is why my POS brother-in-law will never have to work). He got the most condescending letter you can imagine about how, unfortunately, small shareholders would not be allowed to attend.
Not sure that's true of the Southern Company anymore. Now they mail corporate voting proxies to the shareholders, there is a ticket stub for the shareholders' meeting attached. The proxy also states where and directions to the meeting, the 2011 meet was in Georgia. Of course one can exercise proxy votes by mail or the internet, in person you need a picture ID.
Yeah, I have a few shares myself. It's a really good investment.
Regarding my story, my wife is responsible and worked hard her whole life. She is a highly respected professional. She makes a good living, as do I.
Her brother is a POS, dropout, illegitimate children, the whole nine yards. Never worked an honest day in his life and was a thorn in his parents side up until 'ol Dad got cancer. F-I-L left him everything. His reasoning was that Ruth was smart and would do fine but Ross would always need help.
Ross is a real die hard conservative who considers anyone drawing unemployment or getting food stamps as parasites.
Sounds like I'd like to party with Ross.
Maybe so.
Gotta warn you, he's not very bright. In 5 years he'll be broke.
He might not be conservative, he might just want those folks' unemployment payments to run out so they aren't counted as unemployed.
He's VERY conservative and he's incapable of thinking that far ahead.
Now I KNOW I'd like to party with Ross!
Just put that on my buddy's bar tab. Sure it should be under Ross, thanks.  
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken
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If you can sit in a room with him for more than five minutes more power to ya. Listening to him for more than 30 seconds can actually lower your IQ. I always carry earplugs.
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As far as topics of conversation, FYI, he can't read.
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So, basically, he's an ugly Sarah...well, you know.
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So, basically, he's an ugly Sarah...well, you know.
Ah, another undeserved cheap shot based on media bias and one sided reporting. Sounds a lot more like Barry or Joe to me. Neither of whom have ever held real jobs in their lives.
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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time to lock it down  lame ass insults towards political mouthpieces, we had to know what it was coming to this in this thread  can we for real stop posting anything political on the forum? go the F somewhere else and talk about that silliness 
Always remember to be yourself. Unless you suck. Then pretend to be someone else.
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Always remember to be yourself. Unless you suck. Then pretend to be someone else.
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