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Heck, capitalism is working out pretty good lately too, don't you think?
One student gets an AAAAAA++++++++++++++++
And all the others get C's to F's.
That's the thing about stories made up to illustrate a point. They attempt to make complex things simple. Can you assure me that Trump...if he made 10 billion dollars, is truly more honest, ethical, hardworking and productive BY A FACTOR OF 1000X or more than a regular hard working carpenter? I don't think so.
And having met and hobnobbed with many a CEO in my day, I can assure you that they are not 500 to 1000x as productive as the average worker or executive.
But the rabid capitalists say "well, that CEO is responsible for billions in sales"........the same logic would mean a bank teller is paid well because so much money slides through their hands!
The truth of the matter is that many CEO's belong to a club........once you get in, use the right words, are willing to take the right actions (usually firing people and outsourcing), etc....then you get to belong to it. Should some of them make a lot of money? Of course. But should they make 500 or 1000 times as much as someone else working at the same company (at the expense of those people AND the stockholders? - and NOW at the expense of the taxpayer?). Of course not!
Logic and reason are tough things.
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