Dante Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 (edited) Average net worth of a US Senator: $13.2 million Average of all Americans: $77,000 How can a elite few get rewarded for doing a bad job? This is a class war worth fighting. Edited July 5, 2012 by Dante Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 (edited) Average US annual salary, 2011: 43,460.00 Average US CEO annual income 2011: 11,400,000.00 Income of CEO of United Health for 2011: 102,000,000.00 Edited July 5, 2012 by Buftex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 (edited) Let's all go camp out downtown and throw buckets of fecal matter in the atm booths! We can skip taking showers too. Edited July 5, 2012 by 3rdnlng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Income of CEO of United Health for 2011: 102,000,000.00 About $100 million of that was capital gains. United only paid him around $3M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Let's all go camp out downtown and throw buckets of fecal matter in the atm booths! We can skip taking showers too. I thought you were doing that anyways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 I thought you were doing that anyways But that's just for fun. Now he's talking about doing it with a purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 About $100 million of that was capital gains. United only paid him around $3M. So we're faced with another who doesn't know the difference between capital gains and income? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveinElma Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Average US annual salary, 2011: 43,460.00 Average US CEO annual income 2011: 11,400,000.00 Income of CEO of United Health for 2011: 102,000,000.00 Making money is bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Average US annual salary, 2011: 43,460.00 Average US CEO annual income 2011: 11,400,000.00 Income of CEO of United Health for 2011: 102,000,000.00 Funny how the first number is listed as salary and the other two are income. Hmmm, kind of apples to oranges wouldn't you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 About $100 million of that was capital gains. United only paid him around $3M. Yes, I realize that...why I stated "income" rather than salary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 But that's just for fun. Now he's talking about doing it with a purpose. What atm do you normally frequent? Just asking, no particular reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Funny how the first number is listed as salary and the other two are income. Hmmm, kind of apples to oranges wouldn't you think? That was intentional...and it is funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Yes, I realize that...why I stated "income" rather than salary. But that makes your point kind of pointless, unless the point was to dazzle the mostly ignorant with big numbers. In which case you might be ready to run for office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 But that makes your point kind of pointless, unless the point was to dazzle the mostly ignorant with big numbers. In which case you might be ready to run for office. Thanks...that was exactly my point about the OP's numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Thanks...that was exactly my point about the OP's numbers. Except that he compared net worth to net worth, and you compared salary to income. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Except that he compared net worth to net worth, and you compared salary to income. So he was intentional in his pointlessness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 (edited) Except that he compared net worth to net worth, and you compared salary to income. People in certain positions will always have more value, and influence than others...thus the opportunity to increase their net worth. The average member of the senate earns a salary of $174,000... obviously a fraction of their net worth. Edited July 5, 2012 by Buftex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 People in certain positions will always have more value, and influence than others...thus the opportunity to increase their net worth. Yes in the private sector. Don't you see how wrong that is in the public sector? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 People in certain positions will always have more value, and influence than others...thus the opportunity to increase their net worth. Which doesn't change the fact that you compared two different things as though they were the same. But, to your point, I did include the CEO annual salary... 11.4 million is much > 43 thousand... Actually, that number includes capital gains...i.e., it's income, not salary. And where'd you get that number, anyway? 'Cause it's bull ****...the average CEO salary is closer to $200k, nationwide. It's higher, of course, when you cherry-pick from the S&P 500 and pretend they're representative of all CEO's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 So he was intentional in his pointlessness. ieatcrayonz has been my life-coach! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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