Class warfare summed up in a simple joke (with an accompanying cartoon)

Hey Buck if you paid your players a fair wage maybe you could find your way out of the bottom of the NIAFL.

 

The employee made that particular batch of cookies, but from now on they'll all be made in China.

 

Hey, it's almost baseball season, where I was in the middle last year.

 

I'm middle class. Aren't evil Wall Street gains good for my pension and my IRA?

 

The employees made that particular batch under contract with the owner, agreeing to make them in exchange for a specific compensation. They are free to start their own kitchen if they aren't happy with that compensation.

 

I guess they're also free to be cut loose if and when the CEO feels he's no longer happy with only 11 of the 12 cookies, contracts be damned.

 

Actually, that's not true at all. I've been boycotting Walmart for almost 20 years because I don't believe my taxes should go to pay for their employees' health care because they refuse to pay for it. I began boycotting Target this year after it was revealed the CEOs made huge contributions to finance this year's Republican success in the elections. This week, I began boycotting all products made by the Koch brothers empire, including Brawny paper towels and Vanity Fair napkins. I encourage people to join in these boycotts as these are ways to get back at these corporations and make your voices heard.

 

I don't think Wall Street gains are inherently evil. But there are ways to run a profitable company without giving your CEO a bonus while laying off workers.

 

Goldman-Sachs can make a $65 billion profit, and it won't mean your pension or IRA increased a nickel.

 

I guess that depends on the contract. If they want security or severance, they can negotiate for it.

 

When my wife worked at Wal-Mart for awhile in 2009, she got better health benefits than I did at the newspaper.