Scarborough: "The American Dream Hangs In The Balalnce"

[Appaholic]

The article showed evidence that CEO bonuses were at their highest levels in the 33 years the data have been recorded.

While these income disparity trends were bad under George W. Bush, they have only gotten worse over the last three years.

Since 1970, executive pay has increased 430 percent while workers’ wages have crept up at a pace that barely kept up with inflation. The average executive’s pay has jumped over that time period to 158 times that of the average worker’s pay in those companies. It’s no wonder that the top 0.1 percent of income earners get richer by the day while millions of Americans are seeing their situations get worse.

This is not John Wayne’s America. This is Gordon Gekko’s America.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/60896.html

[Cap'n Cat]

Brought to you by capitalism, the dream smasher!

[houndawg]

The American Dream peaked in about '72, been all downhill since then. I wish you younger folk could have seen us at our peak.

[Cap'n Cat]

It's Reagan and Bush II's fault.

[houndawg]

It's Reagan and Bush II's fault.

Not so much Bush II, he was too busy rigging charges to drop the towers.

[ASUG8]

It's Reagan and Bush II's fault.

Not so much Bush II, he was too busy rigging charges to drop the towers.

....not to mention steering hurricanes into populated areas.

[Rob Iola]

Weren't we mired in Vietnam in 1972?

[Cap'n Cat]

Actually, the American Dream peaked when The Dick Van Dyke Show was cancelled.

[JMU DJ]

You're all wrong... The American Dream died with the 19th Amendment... and the coffin nails were hammered in with Title IX


What has happened to my schooooool?

[89Hen]

The American Dream peaked in about '72, been all downhill since then. I wish you younger folk could have seen us at our peak.

What part of the American Dream was better in '72? Homeownership is higher today. Inflation was in the 5-6% range for most of the 70's. The country was in a war that many didn't want to be in.

I enjoyed the 70's but that's because I was a kid and didn't have a care in the world. But I'm pretty sure my parents did.

[blueballs]

Actually, the American Dream peaked when The Dick Van Dyke Show was cancelled.

Mary Tyler Moore was sooooooooooooooooooooooo fucking hot on that show. I used to snap 'em off every morning during the summer when I was 7 years old looking at that.

[AZGrizFan]

The article showed evidence that CEO bonuses were at their highest levels in the 33 years the data have been recorded.

While these income disparity trends were bad under George W. Bush, they have only gotten worse over the last three years.

Since 1970, executive pay has increased 430 percent while workers’ wages have crept up at a pace that barely kept up with inflation. The average executive’s pay has jumped over that time period to 158 times that of the average worker’s pay in those companies. It’s no wonder that the top 0.1 percent of income earners get richer by the day while millions of Americans are seeing their situations get worse.

This is not John Wayne’s America. This is Gordon Gekko’s America.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/60896.html

I'm in the wrong fucking industry, apparently. As the CEO, my pay is almost exactly 10x the lowest paid employee in my organization.

[Appaholic]

The American Dream peaked in about '72, been all downhill since then. I wish you younger folk could have seen us at our peak.

What part of the American Dream was better in '72? Homeownership is higher today. Inflation was in the 5-6% range for most of the 70's. The country was in a war that many didn't want to be in.

I enjoyed the 70's but that's because I was a kid and didn't have a care in the world. But I'm pretty sure my parents did.

Unlimited cheap oil, muscle cars, drugs, no AIDS, ....DISCO!....70's whomp...

[Cap'n Cat]

What part of the American Dream was better in '72? Homeownership is higher today. Inflation was in the 5-6% range for most of the 70's. The country was in a war that many didn't want to be in.

I enjoyed the 70's but that's because I was a kid and didn't have a care in the world. But I'm pretty sure my parents did.

Unlimited cheap oil, muscle cars, drugs, no AIDS, ....DISCO!....70's whomp...

On the other hand, hairy pussies, bell bottoms and the Bay City Rollers..............

[houndawg]

Weren't we mired in Vietnam in 1972?

We were, but the bill hadn't really come home yet - I'd call that time the beginning of the decline of the empire.

[houndawg]

The American Dream peaked in about '72, been all downhill since then. I wish you younger folk could have seen us at our peak.

What part of the American Dream was better in '72? Homeownership is higher today. Inflation was in the 5-6% range for most of the 70's. The country was in a war that many didn't want to be in.

I enjoyed the 70's but that's because I was a kid and didn't have a care in the world. But I'm pretty sure my parents did.

I was captain of the football team and getting more pussy than Rod Stewart.

[89Hen]

Unlimited cheap oil

Except for a brief time in 1973.

[kalm]

The article showed evidence that CEO bonuses were at their highest levels in the 33 years the data have been recorded.

While these income disparity trends were bad under George W. Bush, they have only gotten worse over the last three years.

Since 1970, executive pay has increased 430 percent while workers’ wages have crept up at a pace that barely kept up with inflation. The average executive’s pay has jumped over that time period to 158 times that of the average worker’s pay in those companies. It’s no wonder that the top 0.1 percent of income earners get richer by the day while millions of Americans are seeing their situations get worse.

This is not John Wayne’s America. This is Gordon Gekko’s America.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/60896.html

I'm in the wrong fucking industry, apparently. As the CEO, my pay is almost exactly 10x the lowest paid employee in my organization.

You haven't reached the full potential of your conk greediness yet.

[AZGrizFan]

I'm in the wrong fucking industry, apparently. As the CEO, my pay is almost exactly 10x the lowest paid employee in my organization.

You haven't reached the full potential of your conk greediness yet.

Well, apparently I'm an underperformer on the "greed" scale. May be in danger of losing my "conk" card.

[Rob Iola]

What part of the American Dream was better in '72? Homeownership is higher today. Inflation was in the 5-6% range for most of the 70's. The country was in a war that many didn't want to be in.

I enjoyed the 70's but that's because I was a kid and didn't have a care in the world. But I'm pretty sure my parents did.

I was captain of the football team and getting more pussy than Rod Stewart.

In rural Illinois? The mind paints pictures that bleach can't erase...

[Ivytalk]

Scarborough makes me wish Beck was back.

[houndawg]

I was captain of the football team and getting more pussy than Rod Stewart.

In rural Illinois? The mind paints pictures that bleach can't erase...

Born and raised in California, Rob. Best poon in the nation....