Re: Fw: Back to Serfs and Royalty?

From: Tiberius Gracchus (cryofan@mylinuxisp.com)
Date: Sun Sep 02 2001 - 07:11:37 MDT


On Sun, 02 Sep 2001 00:10:21 -0700, you wrote:

>> > From: Spike Jones
>> > > Is there a problem? spike
>> >
>> > J. R. Molloy wrote: If there is a problem, it's concentrated more in government
>> (the PC ruling
>> > class) than in private industry (the working class). Most overpaid bosses are
>> > in government, starting with the US president, who is paid millions and is
>> > responsible for no identifiable product.
>>
>> Charlie Stross wrote: Are you sure of that? If I remember correctly, the office
>> of POTUS comes with a pathetic salary -- something like $140,000 a year.
>
>Perhaps we have identified the problem. For a paltry few million US, one
>can hire a decent CEO. Since the POTUS only gets 140k, we keep ending
>up with these yahoos that no one would trust with an actual business. No
>self respecting executive would work for 140k. spike

No offense or anything, but that statement...ummm...well, it seems to
me that it really...ummm....let's just say it may not reflect reality.

The people who run for president (and get the Dem/GOP nominations) are
*driven* to acheive. These people have inculcated in them by their
parents a drive to perform public service and/or achieve greatly. The
money...not a real concern. I offer Gore & Bush as PERFECT
examples....



This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Fri Oct 12 2001 - 14:40:23 MDT