Feb 4th, 2009 | Obama survey

Obama caps Executive salaries for bailed out companies at $500k


Obama just announced executives at companies who have received bail-out money will have to lower their pay significantly and cap it at $500,000 a year. No other bonuses are allowed.

Pictured: Kenneth D. Lewis, top executive at Bank of America who earned $20 million in 2007. 

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Obama caps Executive salaries for bailed out companies at $500k


47 votes, 250 views , 5 comments
 
 
Poll tags:Obama, Cap, Bank Of America, Kenneth D. Lewis, Barack Obama, Economy, Recession, Baillout, Citigroup, Bail Out, Bailout, Executives, Salary

 
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Johnson
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Connecticut, United States

posted Feb 9th, 2009 at 04:36 CST

I think that this is appropriate

Philgtaylor
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Australia

posted Feb 4th, 2009 at 18:30 CST

Lets see... This would be a massive paycut for all those executives, and their incomes used to be in the dozens and hundreds of millions a year. Their expenses would be similar. If they cannot get around this kind of thing through loopholes, then they will personally go bankrupt. -(sheds a single, manly, sarcastic tear)-Of course, their salaries should be limited EVEN IF they go to a different company.

Bmccue7
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Georgia, United States

posted Feb 4th, 2009 at 15:18 CST

On the contrary, the consolidation of business has NOT been a good thing. If it were up to me, any company that claimed that it was "too big to fail," would be busted up into smaller companies, like we used to have.

Macbrock
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Florida, United States

posted Feb 4th, 2009 at 11:54 CST

Here's a quiz for you: The two biggest job creators in the economy over the past year were health care and education, adding 370,000 and 160,000 jobs, respectively. Meanwhile, construction and manufacturing lost a total of 1.5 million jobs. So which one of these two statements is true? a) The Obama stimulus bill gives the most money to the worst-hit parts of the economy—manufacturing and construction. b) The Obama stimulus bill gives the most money to the growing parts of the economy—health care and education. Answer after the jump: If you guessed (b), give yourself a pat on the back. Despite all the talk of big infrastructure projects, the majority of increased spending in the bill goes to health and education. And that's a good thing.

Scooter
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New York, United States

posted Feb 4th, 2009 at 10:31 CST

ehh, I guess I could have voted differently, but the bail outs really were beginning to bug me. Though, I think I know where is going with this decision. After all, it is these big companies, which provide the majority of the jobs.

 
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