An argument on the left... particularly among the #Occupy groups... is that corporate executives get compensated too much. There is no doubt that many executives get paid very well, but how much is too much? From Forbes:
- Tiger Woods - $75 million - Golfer
- Kobe Bryant - $53 million - Basketball player
- LeBron James - $48 million - Basketball player
- Roger Federer - $47 million - Tennis player
- Phil Mickelson - $46.5 million - Golfer
- David Beckham - $40 million - ex Soccer player
- Cristiano Ronaldo [who?] - $38 million - Soccer player
- Alex Rodriguez - $35 million - Baseball player
- Michael Schumacher - $34 million - Racer
- Lionel Messi - $32.3 million - Soccer player
But they are not executives... they entertain us!
Again, from Forbes:
- Stephen Hemsley - UnitedHealth Group - $102 million - Health care
- Edward Mueller - Quest Communications - $65.8 million - Communications
- Robert Iger - Walt Disney - $53.3 million - Entertainment
- George Paz - Express Scripts - $51.5 million - Computer services for pharmacies
- Lew Frankfort - Coach - $49.5 million - High end luggage, purses, accessories
- Ralph Lauren [image] - Polo Ralph Lauren - $43 million - Clothing designer and manufacturer
- John Martin - Gilead Sciences - $42.7 million - Medicine
- James Hackett - Anadarko Petroleum - $38.9 million - Energy
- John Chambers - Cisco Systems - $37.9 million - Computers and software
- Ivan Seidenberg - Verizon Communications - $36.8 million - Communications
That's better! See, there's an oil company executive in there! $10 an hour. That's what they should be getting. After all, what are they doing for their money? Jetting around the world. Going to parties. Taking advantage of the "little man."
Again, from Forbes:- Leonardo DiCaprio - $77 million - cute guy
- Johnny Depp [image] - $50 million - cute guy
- Adam Sandler - $40 million - funny and cute guy
- Will Smith - $36 million - funny and cute guy
- Tom Hanks - $35 million - funny and cute guy
Oh, aren't they all so cute?!
Too bad the brains of the #Occupy idiots are not occupied by some intelligence. It's never occurred to them that the top performers... regardless of their #Occupation... tend to get compensated very well.