re: #113 Obdicut

Well no. I think it’s fine for people to note that CEO and other executive officer compensation in the US is incredibly out of line with American tradition and compared to things worldwide. It’s an enormous problem for our society and a huge threat to our economy; as the middle and lower class lose buying power, our economy slows, the velocity of money stalls, and we rapidly lose economic power.

But complaining about the extreme corner cases like pro athletes is, indeed, idiotic. Pro sports is a phenomenon.

Plus, those guys get tore up. They get their bodies destroyed, many of them, as I said, wind up broke; I wouldn’t trade places with a pro athlete, if it meant inheriting their problems as well.

CEO salaries and bonuses are another thing. I don’t see a lot of stories about many of them giving back in this way. Bill Gates being one exception.