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The Fatter the Cat, the Louder the Howl

By Mish   Follow   Mon, 4 Mar 2013, 1:40pm   245 views   9 comments
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The Fatter the Cat, the Louder the Howl
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-fatter-cat-louder-howl.html
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1. Ceffer Follow Befriend 6 threads 642 comments Pleasanton, CA

   1   2:31pm Mon 4 Mar 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (3)   Dislike   Switzerland will be an interesting laboratory to test the concept that fat cat executives are non-fungible brain bug pashas who have such unique talents that require their extortionate salaries. My hunch is that they are highly fungible and that there are plenty of talented, motivated individuals to take their place just fine. The extortionate salaries and self dealing obviously have not lead to greater social responsibility, ethics, or society positive or economy positive results.

2. ducsingle5313 Follow Befriend 4 threads 206 comments Redwood City, CA

   2   8:15pm Mon 4 Mar 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   I am not a fat cat executive, but I frequent meetings where such persons are in attendance. Generally speaking, these folks are not distinguished by their intelligence and/or business savvy so much as their boardroom buddies and the legion of folks who fawn over them because they want to join the same club. In some particular instances, it is highly disturbing to see how much $$$ sub-par executives have been able to suck out of a public company. The big institutional investors have really screwed up by not demanding better corporate governance over the past decade or so. And sadly, if that hasn't happened yet, it will probably never happen.

3. justme Follow Befriend (2) 33 threads 3,456 comments

   3   8:35pm Mon 4 Mar 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Mish claims the following: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Is Executive Pay a Problem? Before finding solutions, we must first understand the problem. Is executive pay a problem? The answer (that too few see) is executive pay is a "symptom of a problem" not the "real" problem. Three Real Problems Fractional reserve lending Central bank "too big to fail" policies Government spending out of control Want to rein in excesses at corporations? Then fix the real problems and the executive pay problem will mostly take care of itself. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WTF? Government spending? The mechanism for the fat cat salary bubble is crony capitalism, plain and simple. It has nothing to do with government spending, except for a few CEO positions at the military contractors. Fractional reserve lending? Yeah, it causes all kinds of asset inflation, but it takes crony capitalism to steer the inflation into CEO salaries and stock options/awards. TBTF? Well, TBTF has _preserved_ the fat cat salaries caused by crony capitalism, but it did not *cause* them. Crony capitalism did. And, yeah, executive pay IS a problem, in and by itself.

4. John Bailo Follow Befriend 93 threads 431 comments Kent, WA John Bailo's website

   4   8:44pm Mon 4 Mar 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   The sad part is that we, ultimately, are the ones funding this perpetual motion machine. Our 401ks, IRAs and pension funds are the base that these guys "leverage" and leave us with IPOs and other stocks 1/3 to 1/2 off their highs.

5. Vicente Follow Befriend (8) 203 threads 4,403 comments Davis, CA

   5   9:54pm Mon 4 Mar 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   justme says And, yeah, executive pay IS a problem, in and by itself. Fuckin A Bubba!

6. Vaticanus Follow Befriend (1) 77 threads 1,113 comments

   6   10:19pm Mon 4 Mar 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   John Bailo says The sad part is that we, ultimately, are the ones funding this perpetual motion machine. Our 401ks, IRAs and pension funds are the base that these guys "leverage" and leave us with IPOs and other stocks 1/3 to 1/2 off their highs. Exactly, investing in their crime syndicate is enabling them. Cash out and invest locally, that will enable us to kill the beast and fund our own communities. Great point John

7. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (16) 761 threads 7,667 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

   7   7:55am Tue 5 Mar 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Two million views, a third from me.

8. donjumpsuit Follow Befriend 9 threads 402 comments

   8   8:24am Tue 5 Mar 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   Society gives you a ladder. You use it to climb to the top. Once at the top, you devote all your resources to yanking it up, so others don't get there with you. When people complain, you tell them that 'if' they were at the top, they wouldn't appreciate people complaining, and it's not right. So in a smaller amount of words: Use 99% to gain resources. Use resources to hide and hoard more resources. Obfuscate.

9. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (16) 761 threads 7,667 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

   9   8:41am Tue 5 Mar 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   donjumpsuit says Use 99% to gain resources. Use resources to hide and hoard more resources. Obfuscate. Sad, but true.