The Bonus Scam

Wall Street and Pure Capitalists, like Larry Kudlow, keep up the canard of "attracting and keeping" executives. This is a scam theory not backed by facts.

Under the law of supply and demand, the very theorems Capitalists aspire, the market is flooded with talented people competing against one another, and Investment Houses, thanks to CEO's fine (greedy) efforts are disappearing or already gone.

Reggie Jackson was replaced. If all the CEO's on Wall Street perished on 9/11, the economy wouldn't have come to a grinding halt. The threat that they will be attracted by “lured away” by other entities is a fallacy. These are not the best of times, thanks to their failed strategies of high risk investments with no regard and reckless abandon.

If the Working Class negotiates with one's boss, the salary ceiling would be the amount that a boss would no longer pay because he can get cheaper workers elsewhere.

This is the way all companies should act regardless of federal funds, but fairness smacks in the face of capitalism.

And still, we have grown men and women putting in a hard week’s work, some back breaking, for minimum wage. What a National Disgrace that has now come back to harm our economy since "disposable income" makes the economic wheel go round.

David DiBello

"Hero" Goes Up In Smoke

Once again dudes, we have an image of society defined "hero" Mike Phelps engaging in heroic behavior. This is because in a celebrity induced society we assign the "hero" tag to achievements that look cool and popular. Our values are shallow: is Mike Phelps fast swimmimg as cool as the sacrifce of men and women in the armed forces fighting for democracy and freedom? Is it as cool as the countless number of Americans who do their job everyday, many times at serious risk, to no applause?

Mike Phelps has put to risk his financial product endorsements with his stupid behavior. Will we be giving any of our Military, or Law Enforcement those multi million dollar endorsement contracts?

Here we have assigned "hero" to a fast swimmer, a sport that is one step above "bathing," except bathing has more long term benefits. Come to think of it, I solve scrabble problems very quickly. I might be a hero?