tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769659900634709753.post-3560261024579200022008-01-03T18:35:00.000-05:002008-01-03T18:35:00.000-05:00<I>"I'm pretty sure that a majority of the population would agree with me on that."</I><BR/><BR/>I'm sure they would. Like you, they've drank the "Zero Sum- It's not my fault" koolaid. The reality is that the homeless guy and the factory worker just didn't plan on being a CEO when they were kids. Hell, I'm in that group but I don't get huffy about what someone else makes for a living. That's the mainstay of the democrat party: Get "poor" folks pissed off at rich folks.<BR/><BR/> <I>"but I'm saying that emotion should play a part in decisions like this, even if it's a small part."</I><BR/><BR/>It no doubt did play a small part. If the CEO and BOD runs the company into the ground then everyone's out of a job. If they post 30% losses then the retiree's and soon to retire folks get shafted by having no pension and a 401k worth less than their investment.<BR/><BR/>It's fun to put the blame on invisible legal titles and "mean" CEO's but yes, the people do own the company. The stock holders own it. Find me a PM employee who doesn't own any stock and I'll shake his hand. You won't find one. If you want a larger say, buy more shares. That's all there is to it.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Communists don't own anything. There are no property/individual rights. The communist countries like to use the word "people" in their logos and stuff but if the employees decided to take a day off of work a bunch of jack booted soldiers would take them out back and shoot them.<BR/><BR/>It would however be interesting to see a company truly run by it's production line employee's though. I'd give it 6 months before they went out of business.Aaron McBroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202705204461380567noreply@blogger.com