Comments on: How American Workers Subsidize Excessive CEO Compensation http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/08/25/ceo-compensation/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:42:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: stateofthedivision http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/08/25/ceo-compensation/comment-page-1/#comment-2054 stateofthedivision Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:46:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/08/25/ceo-compensation/#comment-2054 <em>The report also finds that S&P 500 CEOs averaged $10.5 million in pay in 2007, 344 times the pay of typical American workers. Compensation levels for private investment fund managers soared even further. The top 50 hedge and private equity fund managers averaged $588 million each, more than 19,000 times as much as typical U.S. workers earned</em>. George Soros was #2 on the list of the super rich, with over $2 billion in pay. He could easily afford to fund TP's annual budget. It goes back to the back stage competition between Repugnicants and Blue Dog Democrats. Each courts the corporate dollar. That's why billions go into CEO's pockets instead of the country's coffers. A pox on all their mansions. The report also finds that S&P 500 CEOs averaged $10.5 million in pay in 2007, 344 times the pay of typical American workers. Compensation levels for private investment fund managers soared even further. The top 50 hedge and private equity fund managers averaged $588 million each, more than 19,000 times as much as typical U.S. workers earned.

George Soros was #2 on the list of the super rich, with over $2 billion in pay. He could easily afford to fund TP’s annual budget.

It goes back to the back stage competition between Repugnicants and Blue Dog Democrats. Each courts the corporate dollar. That’s why billions go into CEO’s pockets instead of the country’s coffers. A pox on all their mansions.

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