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Originally posted by Adamanteus
Originally posted by nawki
reply to post by Adamanteus
Why can you not run it for free. You don't need any more money you 100mil ... ??
Can't see your point?
Why would I want to? If I had all the money I could ever own I'd be flying around the world spending it instead of working for nothing.
If You won the lottery for 100 million tomorrow would You continue to go to work and tell the boss to keep Your salary because you had enough money?
That is not how it will work, IF I were forced to give away my 10 million in profits a year it would not go to workers, charity etc.. first and foremost I would spend as much as possible on frivolous things(personal bum wiper anyone?) and if there were anything left it would go to my immediate family daughters,parents/,grandparents then cousins,2nd cousins etc.. This is how the elite think and all the money would still be in the controlling families that it is currently.
Originally posted by wildtimes
Companies should be employee-owned. All "shares" of profit are distributed to them in DIRECT proportion to the invested time and effort they have spent. Not some Schmoe sittng at home playing penny stocks.
And no "bonuses".
It's ridiculous and shameful, and it's been going on since time immemorial.
Originally posted by dcmb1409
You want fair? you want communism? Then forget the rich and make everyone give up U.S. $20.00 for every $100.00 earned to those not making enough or are out of work. When it hits your own pockets, attitudes change quickly.
What they don't realize is that under-paying employees and over-rewarding employers is one of the largest drags on our economy.
Originally posted by nawki
reply to post by Adamanteus
Why can you not run it for free. You don't need any more money you have your 100mil ... ??
your still allowed to pay your employees...
You could do a lot with those spare profits.....
I Personally Can not see your point?
edit on 24-12-2011 by nawki because: Add more
Originally posted by wardk28
First off, as long as your money is gotten honestly, I don't have a problem with how much money someone has. I don't like the idea of someone else deciding how much money is too much. I'm all about everyone going out and getting their own and having their deluxe apartment on the east side. The problem is that in today's society, ripping people off has become common place. This will make capitalism appear evil. Communism looks great on paper but human nature takes over and you have what we see in China and in Soviet Russia. I much rather people decide how much money another makes through free enterprise then the government setting the rules on how much everyone makes. If we can get back to the early 20th century, and the way capitalism was suppose to work, we could have a prosperous society. Look at how much was invented in a free society. There was incentive to go out and work hard. If you are only allow to make so much, what incentive would you have spending 12 years in school to be a doctor when you can go cut lawns and make the same amount?
Originally posted by wildtimes
reply to post by Adamanteus
That is not how it will work, IF I were forced to give away my 10 million in profits a year it would not go to workers, charity etc.. first and foremost I would spend as much as possible on frivolous things(personal bum wiper anyone?) and if there were anything left it would go to my immediate family daughters,parents/,grandparents then cousins,2nd cousins etc.. This is how the elite think and all the money would still be in the controlling families that it is currently.
So....you are either being a sarcastic smartalec, or you are one of them. Which is it?
It is as plain as day that if one builds a company, holds it privately, and it results in wonderful success with plenty of excess, the excess should go to the EMPLOYEES who do the WORK that made you all that money
I have said exactly what the OP is saying many, many times. I think doing away with Wall Street altogether would go a long way. Companies should be employee-owned. All "shares" of profit are distributed to them in DIRECT proportion to the invested time and effort they have spent. Not some Schmoe sittng at home playing penny stocks.
And no "bonuses".
It's ridiculous and shameful, and it's been going on since time immemorial.