Dear Big Mac,

In 1980 the average CEO in corporate US made about $22.00 US to every dollar his employees made. Today it is in excess of $440.00 US.

So what, here's the problem with your statement. A job is worth what it's worth. The CEO usually works long hours (in many cases they founded or helped found the company) and deals with big operational problems and can likely do most labor functions in the company.

Conversely, the worker cannot change places with or do the job of the CEO.

You know anyone who has had those kind of increases in compensation?

Yes, stockholders in NASDAQ companies who cashed out near the top. You could too if you had a portfolio, that's the whole point.

Folks like yourself like to spout the rhetoric that suits your own view of the world. Fair enough. Just understand that folks here don't have too hard a time seeing through it.

Folks like me are well connected with the blue collar world and live in the highest taxed, most liberal rural state in the union.

We have seen the ravaging effect of companies leaving by the droves due to unreasonable union demands and unreasonable tax policies. They have relocated......practically anywhere else.

My main beef is not just with labor unions (who's membership is about 20% in the private sector) but with the overpaid, do-nothing, non-essential GOVERNMENT UNION BUREAUCRATS.

One example is the state liquor stores who have unionized shelf stockers who make $30,000 a year(far above the state median income and way above the comparable private sector and appropriate wage). They sell nothing but booze and have very little business, just the local drunks.

The largest employer in the state is THE STATE, with about 10,000 such examples of artificially high paying jobs, all confiscated from the paychecks of the 800,000 or so lower paid (on the average) private sector wage earners.

Labor unions artificially set the price of labor and promote mediocrity in performance. They hold workers back by opposing cross training and forcing a company to pay them more than they are worth. There is no incentive for self improvement and they also have no ablilty to rise to the top since they are also held back.

They are basically practicing Marxist principles.

I've worked in a shipyard and have seen my tax dollars at work. All you had to do was show up on time and keep your mouth shut. Actual work was optional and working hard could cause you to have a problem.

You fools can work for a labor union if you want, but I will continue to work for a business.....Oh wait.

mav out

PS. Simon-Pierre doesn't seem to like you so-called anarchists mucking up his country. I apologize to you sir on behalf of the "American" troublemakers.