Andy makes a good point below. It IS insane that people don't throw a fit at indirectly paying towards astronomical salaries when we are getting upset about public servants salaries.
I would suggest the difference is that I am not required to buy products from 3M if I feel that I'm supporting a $10M salary by buying Scotch tape. However, I am required by law to pay my taxes, unless I want to incur heavy consequences. Gary Bowman 1-1 On Thu, 20 December 2001, "Andy Driscoll" wrote: "Why do we not seem to flinch at the outrageous CEO pay in corporate circles, even when thousands, nay, tens of thousands in those same corporations' employ are pushed out the door? We're speaking millions here. This insistence citizens have for low salaries for public servants while tolerating the inflationary spiral executive pay in the private sector generates is beyond me. I guess people don't feel privileged to bitch about, say, the 3M Chairman's pay at $10 mil (whatever) while screaming bloody murder over the $190,000 salaries paid CEOs of major urban school districts. But guess what: the cost of your Scotch tape and all of 3M's products just jumped 3%-5%, maybe more, because of it. We just want to complain about taxes, not the prices we pay in the marketplace for far more egregious financial assault on the consumer's pocketbook." --------------------------------------------------- Get your free web based email from Crosswalk.com: http://mail.crosswalk.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
