Showing posts with label CEO Pay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CEO Pay. Show all posts

Thursday, May 2, 2013

'Deficit Hawk' CEOs Pocket Hundreds of Millions with Tax Loopholes | Common Dreams

'Deficit Hawk' CEOs Pocket Hundreds of Millions with Tax Loopholes | Common Dreams
"The study, Fix The Debt CEOs Enjoy Taxpayer Subsidized Pay—by the Institute for Policy Studies and the Campaign for America's Future—reveals that thanks to a tax loophole which allows corporations to deduct unlimited amounts off their income taxes for the expense of executive stock options and other so-called “performance-based” pay, Fix the Debt member firms have raked in over a billion dollars of taxpayer-funded bonuses."

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Inequality and the Social Security Debate | Common Dreams

Inequality and the Social Security Debate | Common Dreams
"Next time you see one of these CEOs on TV lecturing about belt-tightening, keep in mind who’s talking. The stakes in this debate are extremely high for ordinary Americans who work hard every day but still have to worry about their retirement security. For CEOs with mega-million retirement funds, there’s not much to lose."

The Cruel Gap Between CEO Pay and the Stagnant Minimum Wage | Common Dreams

The Cruel Gap Between CEO Pay and the Stagnant Minimum Wage | Common Dreams
"It is time for a movement of the people to restore a level of minimal fairness to the compensation of working Americans and catch up with 1968."

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Wall Street’s Bonus Pool Has Quintupled Since 1985

Wall Street’s Bonus Pool Has Quintupled Since 1985: 2012 was the second most profitable year in Wall Street’s history, with banks making north of $140 billion. Wall Street’s bonus pool, while not yet back to the heights it achieved before the financial crisis, is growing again, and the average cash bonus hit $121,900. This is part and parcel of a longer trend on [...]/p