Comments on: Obama Wants Stockholders Say On Pay

By: neocon mom

neocon mom — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:52:02 +0000

Really, how hard would it be? Any one of us only has two senators and one rep to check up on–they could show us their operating expenses–how many millions they spend to run their offices. Pelosi said how important it is to inventory our whole lives nowadays, let her lead by example.

By: pdsand

pdsand — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:57:41 +0000

Of course he’s only interested in shareholders having such a power because the government intends to remain a shareholder for quite some time. I even saw something the other day where they wanted to change the non-voting preferred shares to common shares so the government could vote on such things. Despicable.

By: Right of the People

Right of the People — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:34:25 +0000

I’m with you Amber. I think we all should vote on their pay and their job status. If they aren’t doing their jobs like so many of them aren’t, out they go!

By: tranquil.night

tranquil.night — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:58:06 +0000

Obama started his presidency in 2nd gear bringing socialism here, honestly I think with stimulus, porkulus he kicked it up to 3rd gear, with GM and Chrysler out, Cairo, N. Korea and now this latest move we might safely call this 4th gear. They’re already panicking at the White House because it’s dawning on them that they’re hitting critical mass on this now and I don’t doubt we see this hit 5th gear very, very soon. That’s when hopefully the American people see hit the brakes and throw this putt-putt sized car called the Obamanation in reverse.

By: amber

amber — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:57:29 +0000

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this idea!!!! This would be great! I love it so much that I want consumers of education and citizens to be able to choose the salary of government officials and the salary of people in the dep of ed.

I went to one of the best high schools in MN and my husband went to the worst. The worst one has a superintendant that makes over $40,000 a year more than mine does; a principle who makes over $20,000 a year more than mine and over the average and yet that school graduates 20% less students and the ones they graduate are questionable since over 50% of their students never MEET the reading and math requirements on the mandatory standardized tests. Since they bagan checking schools for AYP (adequate yearly progress) they have passed ZERO times. It is time for the “stock holders” to determine their salary and who gets fired.

It is also time for the citizenry to approve or disapprove all travel expenses of government officials, including the president. It is time for us to say “NO” to congressmembers retirement benefits, they must share our government retirement (Social Security) and PAY INTO IT! It is time for someone to walk up to the plantation and tell the Obamas, “it is not OK to use school children to farm your plantation, it is against child labor laws.”

So, Yes, I think this is a great idea.

By: proreason

proreason — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:55:32 +0000

I’ll support this as soon as every member of Congress and every staffer in the white house has to fully disclose all means of compensation and all current assets.

Then, let the country vote on THEIR compensation, one by one.

By: Howard Roark

Howard Roark — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:43:43 +0000

When I think of the massive overhead of beaurocratic regulations on what is turning out to be many, many US companies…all I see is the slow emergence of a totalitarian regime.

By: tranquil.night

tranquil.night — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:41:26 +0000

All in the name of accountability, transparency, and responsibility with the taxpayers money.
All in the name of the economy.
All in the name of.. BHO.

When Timmy talks he doesn’t even realize he’s talking about people. All he sees is numbers. I wonder what it’s like to see the world with his eyes. I bet it’s a lot like looking at a computer screen of the Matrix. Just a bunch of falling green numbers and symbols doing their part to keep the big machine runnin’. Oh, and so much for getting outta TARP clean, eh businesses?

By: MinnesotaRush

MinnesotaRush — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:38:59 +0000

Hey!!! o-blah-blah!!! How about annual COMPLETE and publicly posted compensation (from all sources) disclosures by every elected official in DC!!!

Us taxpayers need to have a bigger say and SEE what’s going on with our “execs” pay .. on top of the table and under the table.

And o-blah-blah!!! How ’bout when we find someone “misrepresenting” their “circumstances” .. or have $90,000 in their flooded freezer .. they suffer immediate and complete expulsion from their jobs.

How about that o-blah-blah, ya chump. Not chimp .. chump.