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Warfish · 09-26-2011, 11:02 AM

CNN has a News Article today (Business section) on the top 10 Highest Paid Bank CEO's.

I thought it would be fun and perhaps enlightneing to compare them, men in charge of multi-billion dollar companies, responsible for trillions of our dollars and investments, and overseeing thousands of jobs, to our highest paid athletes (responsible for hitting a baseball, throwing a football, or in one case, driving a morotcyle) and actors (responsible for....acting 2-3 times per year).

[U]Bank CEO's (Source CNN)[/U]

1. Jamie Dimon: $20.8 million, JPMorgan Chase
2. Robert P. Kelly: $19.4 million, Bank of New York Mellon
3. John Stumpf: $17.6 million, Wells Fargo
4. Ken Chenault: $16.3 million, AMEX
5. Richard K. Davis: $16.1 million, US Bancorp
6. James Gorman: $14.9 million, Morgan Stanley
7. Richard D. Fairbank: $14.9 million, Capital One
8. Lloyd Blankfein: $14.1 million, Goldman Sachs
9. C. Robert Henrikson: $13.9 million, Metlife
10. James E. Rohr: $11.6 million, PNC Financial

[U]Athletes (Source, Men's Weekly)[/U]

1. Tiger Woods: $110 Million (or as much as the top 6 CEO's combined)
2. Kobe Bryant: $45 Million
3. David Beckham: $42 Million
4. LeBron James: $40 Million
5. Phil Mickelson: $40 Million
6. Manny Pacquiao (Pac Man): $40 Million
7. Fernando Alonso: $40 Million
8. Valentino Rossi: $35 Million
9. Dale Earnhardt Jr.: $34 Million
10. Alex Rodriguez (A-Rod): $27.5 Million

[U]And last, our friends in the Cinema (Source, Forbes):[/U]

1. Will Smith, $80 million
2. Johnny Depp, $72 million
3. Eddie Murphy, $55 million
4. Mike Myers, $55 million
5. Leonardo DiCaprio, $45 million
6. Bruce Willis, $41 million
7. Ben Stiller, $40 million
8. Nicolas Cage, $38 million
9. Will Ferrell, $31 million
10. Adam Sandler, $30 million

32green · 09-26-2011, 11:06 AM

[QUOTE=Warfish;4160851]8. Nicolas Cage[/QUOTE]

In all fairness, he's been paying alimony since 1860.

:dunno:

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Warfish · 09-26-2011, 11:07 AM

And speaking as we have of late about Millionaires and Billionaires, I thought this list was a fun one too, our wealthiest Politicians (total value, top annual politicians was hard to find):

1 Michael Bloomberg Independent Mayor of New York City 2002-present $18.1 billion[1] 2011

2 Tom Golisano Independence Candidate for Governor of New York 1994, 1998 and 2002 $1.1 billion[2] 2002

3 Ronald Lauder Republican Candidate for Mayor of New York City 1989 $800 million

4 Arnold Schwarzenegger Republican Governor of California 2003-2011 $800 million[3]

5 Pete Coors Republican Candidate for US Senate from Colorado 2004 $750 million[4] 1997

6 Mitt Romney Republican Candidate for US Senator from Massachusetts, Governor of Massachusetts and candidate for US President 1994, 2003-2007, 2008 $500 million

7 Amo Houghton Republican Representative from New York 1987-2005 $475 million

8 Linda McMahon and family Republican Candidate for US Senator from Connecticut 2010 $335 million[5] 2010

9 Jon Corzine Democrat US Senator from New Jersey and Governor of New Jersey 2001-2006, 2006-2010 $300 million

10 Herb Kohl Democrat US Senator from Wisconsin 1989-present $216 million[6]

Trades · 09-26-2011, 11:14 AM

[QUOTE=Warfish;4160851]3. Eddie Murphy, $55 million[/QUOTE]

I am assuming this is from the last year or so. How the hell did Eddie Murphy make that kind of money?

JetPotato · 09-26-2011, 12:01 PM

[QUOTE=Trades;4160880]I am assuming this is from the last year or so. How the hell did Eddie Murphy make that kind of money?[/QUOTE]

Re-release. Big time.

[url]

cr726 · 09-26-2011, 12:07 PM

[QUOTE=Trades;4160880]I am assuming this is from the last year or so. How the hell did Eddie Murphy make that kind of money?[/QUOTE]

Shrek franchise and a movie or two?

Trades · 09-26-2011, 12:58 PM

[QUOTE=cr726;4160986]Shrek franchise and a movie or two?[/QUOTE]

I totally forgot he was Donkey! Makes sense now.

Dirtstar · 09-26-2011, 01:31 PM

[QUOTE=Warfish;4160851]CNN has a News Article today (Business section) on the top 10 Highest Paid Bank CEO's.

I thought it would be fun and perhaps enlightneing to compare them, men in charge of multi-billion dollar companies, responsible for trillions of our dollars and investments, and overseeing thousands of jobs, to our highest paid athletes (responsible for hitting a baseball, throwing a football, or in one case, driving a morotcyle) and actors (responsible for....acting 2-3 times per year).

[U]Bank CEO's (Source CNN)[/U]

1. Jamie Dimon: $20.8 million, JPMorgan Chase
2. Robert P. Kelly: $19.4 million, Bank of New York Mellon
3. John Stumpf: $17.6 million, Wells Fargo
4. Ken Chenault: $16.3 million, AMEX
5. Richard K. Davis: $16.1 million, US Bancorp
6. James Gorman: $14.9 million, Morgan Stanley
7. Richard D. Fairbank: $14.9 million, Capital One
8. Lloyd Blankfein: $14.1 million, Goldman Sachs
9. C. Robert Henrikson: $13.9 million, Metlife
10. James E. Rohr: $11.6 million, PNC Financial

[U]Athletes (Source, Men's Weekly)[/U]

1. Tiger Woods: $110 Million (or as much as the top 6 CEO's combined)
2. Kobe Bryant: $45 Million
3. David Beckham: $42 Million
4. LeBron James: $40 Million
5. Phil Mickelson: $40 Million
6. Manny Pacquiao (Pac Man): $40 Million
7. Fernando Alonso: $40 Million
8. Valentino Rossi: $35 Million
9. Dale Earnhardt Jr.: $34 Million
10. Alex Rodriguez (A-Rod): $27.5 Million

[U]And last, our friends in the Cinema (Source, Forbes):[/U]

1. Will Smith, $80 million
2. Johnny Depp, $72 million
3. Eddie Murphy, $55 million
4. Mike Myers, $55 million
5. Leonardo DiCaprio, $45 million
6. Bruce Willis, $41 million
7. Ben Stiller, $40 million
8. Nicolas Cage, $38 million
9. Will Ferrell, $31 million
10. Adam Sandler, $30 million[/QUOTE]

i think they need to pay more taxes.

:ontome:

PlumberKhan · 09-26-2011, 01:48 PM

[QUOTE=Dirtstar;4161181]i think they need to pay more taxes.[/QUOTE]

Not fair. Iffin you did that, poor Tiger Woods would only make 20 million more than Kobe Bryant. That would be truly saddening.

Buster · 09-26-2011, 01:55 PM

[QUOTE=Dirtstar;4161181]i think they need to pay more taxes.

:ontome:[/QUOTE]

+250000

JetPotato · 09-26-2011, 10:33 PM

With all these modern athletes on here - How would you guys feel about a Tweet Tax? Maybe 50 cents per tweet?

Buster · 09-26-2011, 10:48 PM

[QUOTE=cr726;4160986]Shrek franchise and a movie or two?[/QUOTE]

He also did all of those Disney Movie remakes Dr Doolittle and Nutty Professor

JetPotato · 09-26-2011, 10:50 PM

[QUOTE=Buster;4162158]He also did all of those Disney Movie remakes [B]Dr Doolittle[/B] and [B]Nutty Professor[/B][/QUOTE]

Are those movies about Obama?

Ernie · 09-27-2011, 07:59 AM

[QUOTE=Trades;4160880]I am assuming this is from the last year or so. How the hell did Eddie Murphy make that kind of money?[/QUOTE]

Charlie Murphy is funnier.

Ernie · 09-27-2011, 08:00 AM

[QUOTE=JetPotato;4162161]Are those movies about Obama?[/QUOTE]
:D:applause::band2::banana::clapper::funnyguy:

quantum · 09-27-2011, 11:18 AM

[QUOTE=JetPotato;4162161]Are those movies about Obama?[/QUOTE]

utterly SNAPtastic. :clapper:

bitonti · 09-27-2011, 03:39 PM

it used to be in the 1960s that 90 cents of every dollar made after 250k went to the US Gov't. and don't tell me that deductions and loopholes made people evade that tax. They paid it.

no one complained. Or if they did they did so privately. There was a debt from WWII, highways, universities and many other projects that made this country great and needed to be paid.

I don't particularly mind if the CEO makes 500x more than the janitor. I mind when he gets a tax cut. It's bad gov't.

southparkcpa · 09-27-2011, 03:46 PM

[QUOTE=bitonti;4163021]it used to be in the 1960s that 90 cents of every dollar made after 250k went to the US Gov't. and don't tell me that deductions and loopholes made people evade that tax. They paid it.

no one complained. Or if they did they did so privately. There was a debt from WWII, highways, universities and many other projects that made this country great and needed to be paid.

I don't particularly mind if the CEO makes 500x more than the janitor. I mind when he gets a tax cut. It's bad gov't.[/QUOTE]

250K in 1960 is equivalent to 2 mil today.

That said... there were a TON of deductions available then not available now , facts are facts. There were no rental loss limitations, passive rules, interest tracing rules and shall I go on? However....

I in fact support the "Buffet Tax". That is, a minimum tax on income over $1Million, not 250K.

bitonti · 09-27-2011, 03:54 PM

[QUOTE=southparkcpa;4163031]250K in 1960 is equivalent to 2 mil today.
[/QUOTE]

in 1969 actually 1.4Mil in today's dollars. and that's fine. Put the 90% tax rate at every dollar over 1 or 1.4 or 2 million. I don't really care. We have a huge debt and spending cuts alone won't make up the shortfall.

Warfish · 09-27-2011, 05:18 PM

[QUOTE=bitonti;4163055]in 1969 actually 1.4Mil in today's dollars. and that's fine. Put the 90% tax rate at every dollar over 1 or 1.4 or 2 million. I don't really care. We have a huge debt and spending cuts alone won't make up the shortfall.[/QUOTE]

So in your view, the State is morally obligated to take 90% of a man's income, to pay for Government, the vast majority of which is welfare in one form or another.

So in Bitland, the worker is entitled to control 10% of the results of his labor.

At least you're honest. Well, if you were being honest, I think you'd say 100%, but why quibble.

I'm curious, how much money would you be willing to onvest in a new business or project, if the Govt. took 90% of any income it generated?

09-26-2011, 11:02 AM	#1
Warfish JetsInsider.com Legend Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 35,000	Highest Paid... CNN has a News Article today (Business section) on the top 10 Highest Paid Bank CEO's. I thought it would be fun and perhaps enlightneing to compare them, men in charge of multi-billion dollar companies, responsible for trillions of our dollars and investments, and overseeing thousands of jobs, to our highest paid athletes (responsible for hitting a baseball, throwing a football, or in one case, driving a morotcyle) and actors (responsible for....acting 2-3 times per year). [U]Bank CEO's (Source CNN)[/U] 1. Jamie Dimon: $20.8 million, JPMorgan Chase 2. Robert P. Kelly: $19.4 million, Bank of New York Mellon 3. John Stumpf: $17.6 million, Wells Fargo 4. Ken Chenault: $16.3 million, AMEX 5. Richard K. Davis: $16.1 million, US Bancorp 6. James Gorman: $14.9 million, Morgan Stanley 7. Richard D. Fairbank: $14.9 million, Capital One 8. Lloyd Blankfein: $14.1 million, Goldman Sachs 9. C. Robert Henrikson: $13.9 million, Metlife 10. James E. Rohr: $11.6 million, PNC Financial [U]Athletes (Source, Men's Weekly)[/U] 1. Tiger Woods: $110 Million (or as much as the top 6 CEO's combined) 2. Kobe Bryant: $45 Million 3. David Beckham: $42 Million 4. LeBron James: $40 Million 5. Phil Mickelson: $40 Million 6. Manny Pacquiao (Pac Man): $40 Million 7. Fernando Alonso: $40 Million 8. Valentino Rossi: $35 Million 9. Dale Earnhardt Jr.: $34 Million 10. Alex Rodriguez (A-Rod): $27.5 Million [U]And last, our friends in the Cinema (Source, Forbes):[/U] 1. Will Smith, $80 million 2. Johnny Depp, $72 million 3. Eddie Murphy, $55 million 4. Mike Myers, $55 million 5. Leonardo DiCaprio, $45 million 6. Bruce Willis, $41 million 7. Ben Stiller, $40 million 8. Nicolas Cage, $38 million 9. Will Ferrell, $31 million 10. Adam Sandler, $30 million

09-26-2011, 11:06 AM	#2
32green The original road-kill pus slurper. MMMmmm pus. Board Moderator Jets Insider VIP JetsInsider.com Legend Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: The depths of Despair. Posts: 37,672	[QUOTE=Warfish;4160851]8. Nicolas Cage[/QUOTE] In all fairness, he's been paying alimony since 1860. :dunno: -

09-26-2011, 11:07 AM	#3
Warfish JetsInsider.com Legend Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 35,000	And speaking as we have of late about Millionaires and Billionaires, I thought this list was a fun one too, our wealthiest Politicians (total value, top annual politicians was hard to find): 1 Michael Bloomberg Independent Mayor of New York City 2002-present $18.1 billion[1] 2011 2 Tom Golisano Independence Candidate for Governor of New York 1994, 1998 and 2002 $1.1 billion[2] 2002 3 Ronald Lauder Republican Candidate for Mayor of New York City 1989 $800 million 4 Arnold Schwarzenegger Republican Governor of California 2003-2011 $800 million[3] 5 Pete Coors Republican Candidate for US Senate from Colorado 2004 $750 million[4] 1997 6 Mitt Romney Republican Candidate for US Senator from Massachusetts, Governor of Massachusetts and candidate for US President 1994, 2003-2007, 2008 $500 million 7 Amo Houghton Republican Representative from New York 1987-2005 $475 million 8 Linda McMahon and family Republican Candidate for US Senator from Connecticut 2010 $335 million[5] 2010 9 Jon Corzine Democrat US Senator from New Jersey and Governor of New Jersey 2001-2006, 2006-2010 $300 million 10 Herb Kohl Democrat US Senator from Wisconsin 1989-present $216 million[6]

09-26-2011, 11:14 AM	#4
Trades Jets Insider VIP Join Date: May 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,558	[QUOTE=Warfish;4160851]3. Eddie Murphy, $55 million[/QUOTE] I am assuming this is from the last year or so. How the hell did Eddie Murphy make that kind of money?

09-26-2011, 12:01 PM	#5
JetPotato fermenting Hall Of Fame Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New York, NY Posts: 12,142	[QUOTE=Trades;4160880]I am assuming this is from the last year or so. How the hell did Eddie Murphy make that kind of money?[/QUOTE] Re-release. Big time. [url]

09-26-2011, 12:07 PM	#6
cr726 Jets Insider VIP Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,324	[QUOTE=Trades;4160880]I am assuming this is from the last year or so. How the hell did Eddie Murphy make that kind of money?[/QUOTE] Shrek franchise and a movie or two?

09-26-2011, 12:58 PM	#7
Trades Jets Insider VIP Join Date: May 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,558	[QUOTE=cr726;4160986]Shrek franchise and a movie or two?[/QUOTE] I totally forgot he was Donkey! Makes sense now.

09-26-2011, 01:31 PM	#8
Dirtstar Snubbed a man just to watch him cry. Hall Of Fame Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,792	[QUOTE=Warfish;4160851]CNN has a News Article today (Business section) on the top 10 Highest Paid Bank CEO's. I thought it would be fun and perhaps enlightneing to compare them, men in charge of multi-billion dollar companies, responsible for trillions of our dollars and investments, and overseeing thousands of jobs, to our highest paid athletes (responsible for hitting a baseball, throwing a football, or in one case, driving a morotcyle) and actors (responsible for....acting 2-3 times per year). [U]Bank CEO's (Source CNN)[/U] 1. Jamie Dimon: $20.8 million, JPMorgan Chase 2. Robert P. Kelly: $19.4 million, Bank of New York Mellon 3. John Stumpf: $17.6 million, Wells Fargo 4. Ken Chenault: $16.3 million, AMEX 5. Richard K. Davis: $16.1 million, US Bancorp 6. James Gorman: $14.9 million, Morgan Stanley 7. Richard D. Fairbank: $14.9 million, Capital One 8. Lloyd Blankfein: $14.1 million, Goldman Sachs 9. C. Robert Henrikson: $13.9 million, Metlife 10. James E. Rohr: $11.6 million, PNC Financial [U]Athletes (Source, Men's Weekly)[/U] 1. Tiger Woods: $110 Million (or as much as the top 6 CEO's combined) 2. Kobe Bryant: $45 Million 3. David Beckham: $42 Million 4. LeBron James: $40 Million 5. Phil Mickelson: $40 Million 6. Manny Pacquiao (Pac Man): $40 Million 7. Fernando Alonso: $40 Million 8. Valentino Rossi: $35 Million 9. Dale Earnhardt Jr.: $34 Million 10. Alex Rodriguez (A-Rod): $27.5 Million [U]And last, our friends in the Cinema (Source, Forbes):[/U] 1. Will Smith, $80 million 2. Johnny Depp, $72 million 3. Eddie Murphy, $55 million 4. Mike Myers, $55 million 5. Leonardo DiCaprio, $45 million 6. Bruce Willis, $41 million 7. Ben Stiller, $40 million 8. Nicolas Cage, $38 million 9. Will Ferrell, $31 million 10. Adam Sandler, $30 million[/QUOTE] i think they need to pay more taxes. :ontome:

09-26-2011, 01:48 PM	#9
PlumberKhan BRACE YOURSELVES FOR 12... Hall Of Fame Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Van down by the river Posts: 21,015	[QUOTE=Dirtstar;4161181]i think they need to pay more taxes.[/QUOTE] Not fair. Iffin you did that, poor Tiger Woods would only make 20 million more than Kobe Bryant. That would be truly saddening.

09-26-2011, 01:55 PM	#10
Buster not a rocket surgeon All League Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: East of the Jordan, West of the Rock of Gibraltar Posts: 4,267	[QUOTE=Dirtstar;4161181]i think they need to pay more taxes. :ontome:[/QUOTE] +250000

09-26-2011, 10:33 PM	#11
JetPotato fermenting Hall Of Fame Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New York, NY Posts: 12,142	With all these modern athletes on here - How would you guys feel about a Tweet Tax? Maybe 50 cents per tweet?

09-26-2011, 10:48 PM	#12
Buster not a rocket surgeon All League Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: East of the Jordan, West of the Rock of Gibraltar Posts: 4,267	[QUOTE=cr726;4160986]Shrek franchise and a movie or two?[/QUOTE] He also did all of those Disney Movie remakes Dr Doolittle and Nutty Professor

09-26-2011, 10:50 PM	#13
JetPotato fermenting Hall Of Fame Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New York, NY Posts: 12,142	[QUOTE=Buster;4162158]He also did all of those Disney Movie remakes [B]Dr Doolittle[/B] and [B]Nutty Professor[/B][/QUOTE] Are those movies about Obama?

09-27-2011, 07:59 AM	#14
Ernie Seeks the Truth!!! Rookie Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 850	[QUOTE=Trades;4160880]I am assuming this is from the last year or so. How the hell did Eddie Murphy make that kind of money?[/QUOTE] Charlie Murphy is funnier.

09-27-2011, 08:00 AM	#15
Ernie Seeks the Truth!!! Rookie Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 850	[QUOTE=JetPotato;4162161]Are those movies about Obama?[/QUOTE] :D:applause::band2::banana::clapper::funnyguy:

09-27-2011, 11:18 AM	#16
quantum GFY Snatchez! Hall Of Fame Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: LI Posts: 17,905	[QUOTE=JetPotato;4162161]Are those movies about Obama?[/QUOTE] utterly SNAPtastic. :clapper:

09-27-2011, 03:39 PM	#17
bitonti searching Hall Of Fame Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Philly Posts: 38,786	it used to be in the 1960s that 90 cents of every dollar made after 250k went to the US Gov't. and don't tell me that deductions and loopholes made people evade that tax. They paid it. no one complained. Or if they did they did so privately. There was a debt from WWII, highways, universities and many other projects that made this country great and needed to be paid. I don't particularly mind if the CEO makes 500x more than the janitor. I mind when he gets a tax cut. It's bad gov't.

09-27-2011, 03:46 PM	#18
southparkcpa I see the 88 to 97 period all over again. Jets Insider VIP Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: NC Posts: 15,745	[QUOTE=bitonti;4163021]it used to be in the 1960s that 90 cents of every dollar made after 250k went to the US Gov't. and don't tell me that deductions and loopholes made people evade that tax. They paid it. no one complained. Or if they did they did so privately. There was a debt from WWII, highways, universities and many other projects that made this country great and needed to be paid. I don't particularly mind if the CEO makes 500x more than the janitor. I mind when he gets a tax cut. It's bad gov't.[/QUOTE] 250K in 1960 is equivalent to 2 mil today. That said... there were a TON of deductions available then not available now , facts are facts. There were no rental loss limitations, passive rules, interest tracing rules and shall I go on? However.... I in fact support the "Buffet Tax". That is, a minimum tax on income over $1Million, not 250K.

09-27-2011, 03:54 PM	#19
bitonti searching Hall Of Fame Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Philly Posts: 38,786	[QUOTE=southparkcpa;4163031]250K in 1960 is equivalent to 2 mil today. [/QUOTE] in 1969 actually 1.4Mil in today's dollars. and that's fine. Put the 90% tax rate at every dollar over 1 or 1.4 or 2 million. I don't really care. We have a huge debt and spending cuts alone won't make up the shortfall.

09-27-2011, 05:18 PM	#20
Warfish JetsInsider.com Legend Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 35,000	[QUOTE=bitonti;4163055]in 1969 actually 1.4Mil in today's dollars. and that's fine. Put the 90% tax rate at every dollar over 1 or 1.4 or 2 million. I don't really care. We have a huge debt and spending cuts alone won't make up the shortfall.[/QUOTE] So in your view, the State is morally obligated to take 90% of a man's income, to pay for Government, the vast majority of which is welfare in one form or another. So in Bitland, the worker is entitled to control 10% of the results of his labor. At least you're honest. Well, if you were being honest, I think you'd say 100%, but why quibble. I'm curious, how much money would you be willing to onvest in a new business or project, if the Govt. took 90% of any income it generated?