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Average “lazy” worker productivity has constantly increased over the years:

Meanwhile, median family income compared to GDP has gone down steadily over time:

Meanwhile, the ratio of CEO to average worker pay has risen to levels not seen since before the Great Depression. I’d love to see this graph extend to 2009:

So to summarize: while workers have increased their productivity, their pay has stagnated — or even declined if you factor inflation. Meanwhile, management pay has skyrocketed. Has management’s pay increases been consistent with their productivity? It’s hard to tell — how do you measure CEO productivity? EPS?

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Average “lazy” worker productivity has constantly increased over the years:

Meanwhile, median family income compared to GDP has gone down steadily over time:

Meanwhile, the ratio of CEO to average worker pay has risen to levels not seen since before the Great Depression. I’d love to see this graph extend to 2009:

So to summarize: while workers have increased their productivity, their pay has stagnated — or even declined if you factor inflation. Meanwhile, management pay has skyrocketed. Has management’s pay increases been consistent with their productivity? It’s hard to tell — how do you measure CEO productivity? EPS?

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Average “lazy” worker productivity has constantly increased over the years:

Meanwhile, median family income compared to GDP has gone down steadily over time:

Meanwhile, the ratio of CEO to average worker pay has risen to levels not seen since before the Great Depression. I’d love to see this graph extend to 2009:

So to summarize: while workers have increased their productivity, their pay has stagnated — or even declined if you factor inflation. Meanwhile, management pay has skyrocketed. Has management’s pay increases been consistent with their productivity? It’s hard to tell — how do you measure CEO productivity? EPS?

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Imagine if we took 1/4 of that defense budget and poured it all into.. oh, I dunno… energy independence research and technology. We’d have solar powered tanks in no time! And we’d still be spending 4+ times more on defense than all other countries combined.

Energy and defense are irrefutably intertwined, so why not slip some energy funding into the defense budget with the goal of eventually making obsolete the expensive and never-ending quest to secure energy in the Middle East and/or Africa?

“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Imagine if we took 1/4 of that defense budget and poured it all into.. oh, I dunno… energy independence research and technology. We’d have solar powered tanks in no time! And we’d still be spending 4+ times more on defense than all other countries combined.

Energy and defense are irrefutably intertwined, so why not slip some energy funding into the defense budget with the goal of eventually making obsolete the expensive and never-ending quest to secure energy in the Middle East and/or Africa?

“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Imagine if we took 1/4 of that defense budget and poured it all into.. oh, I dunno… energy independence research and technology. We’d have solar powered tanks in no time! And we’d still be spending 4+ times more on defense than all other countries combined.

Energy and defense are irrefutably intertwined, so why not slip some energy funding into the defense budget with the goal of eventually making obsolete the expensive and never-ending quest to secure energy in the Middle East and/or Africa?

“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Imagine if we took 1/4 of that defense budget and poured it all into.. oh, I dunno… energy independence research and technology. We’d have solar powered tanks in no time! And we’d still be spending 4+ times more on defense than all other countries combined.

Energy and defense are irrefutably intertwined, so why not slip some energy funding into the defense budget with the goal of eventually making obsolete the expensive and never-ending quest to secure energy in the Middle East and/or Africa?

“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Imagine if we took 1/4 of that defense budget and poured it all into.. oh, I dunno… energy independence research and technology. We’d have solar powered tanks in no time! And we’d still be spending 4+ times more on defense than all other countries combined.

Energy and defense are irrefutably intertwined, so why not slip some energy funding into the defense budget with the goal of eventually making obsolete the expensive and never-ending quest to secure energy in the Middle East and/or Africa?

“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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[quote=pri_dk]Does Pat Buchanan hate Temecula also?[/quote]

Probably. There are a lot of Mexicans in Temecula.

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[quote=pri_dk]Does Pat Buchanan hate Temecula also?[/quote]

Probably. There are a lot of Mexicans in Temecula.

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[quote=pri_dk]Does Pat Buchanan hate Temecula also?[/quote]

Probably. There are a lot of Mexicans in Temecula.

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[quote=pri_dk]Does Pat Buchanan hate Temecula also?[/quote]

Probably. There are a lot of Mexicans in Temecula.

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[quote=pri_dk]Does Pat Buchanan hate Temecula also?[/quote]

Probably. There are a lot of Mexicans in Temecula.

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Just to put things in perspective:

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Just to put things in perspective:

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