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| Yes | 48% | 264 votes | Total: 555 votes | |
| No | 52% | 291 votes |
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by J J Debar
Of course there should be a maximum on CEO pay and it should be equitable and reasonable, in accordance with incomes of all employees in a particular company. Accountability ...read more
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It is "beyond the beyond" that corporate CEO's can get 500 to 1000 times the pay of the average employee of the company, business or corporation. A generation ago, compensation...read more
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by Ian Buchanan
Absolutely, yes, no doubt about it. Having said that, this writer firmly believes in the free market system. The conflict comes from the huge variances we see between earnings f...read more
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As the year 2007 is coming to a close, the final numbers for CEO salary and incentives will become a heyday for the news media. While many Americans are struggling just to sur...read more
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by Diane Stacey
The Chief Executive Officer, or CEO as they are commonly referred to, receives the largest percentage of total compensation amongst all company executives. Their responsibilitie...read more
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What is a CEO worth? Many look to their leaders as the magnates who've led North America into some of the greatest economic times we enjoy today. We see the employment opportu...read more
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by Marc Steel
In the United States at present, the top fifth of the population receives in excess of 50% of the nation's annual income. In contrast the bottom fifth takes home somewhere aroun...read more
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When is enough going to finally be enough? As CEO of companies already make so much more profit than all the underdogs underneath him, why should his income continue to grow whi...read more
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by Sweetsmile
I don't know if you are a CEO of a company, however, I think it is necessary to discuss about the question if the salary of the CEO of the company should be limited. When we ...read more
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by Sven Brendel
CEO salaries need to limited for the sake of social justice. A common excuse by which the crme de la crme of CEOs and successful entrepreneurs attempt to justify their extreme a...read more
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by Bill Somes
Should there be a limit on the "salaries" of CEOs? "Yes but". Let me start by saying that, in my opinion, the salaries and severance packages that have been given to CEO's o...read more
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I ran a business for six years I would have liked to have made some of the money of modern CEO but it would have been disgraceful. Just how many Biscuits or steaks can that CEO ...read more
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Yes - lets review Ford Motor Company - who's stock is tumbling as well as the company. Bill Ford, the great grandson of the original founder, was an inexpensive employee, ask...read more
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by Brenda Adams
Yes, there should be a limit put on how much a CEO should make. No, this should not be a dollar amount. Let me explain. Businesses come in all sizes, so to put a dollar amoun...read more
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A CEO is defined as; The highest-ranking executive in a company or organization, responsible for carrying out the policies of the board of directors on a day-to-day basis. As a ...read more
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We have since moved from dealing with the root of an issue and now we tend to deal with the effects or outcome of issues. To solve a problem, it is very important that we addres...read more
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I believe that if your company is reporting a loss on its taxes then they should not be paying outrageous bonuses to the CEO's. I have seen this too often in today's society bu...read more
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by Wired
I would have voted no if the gap between the lowest paid worker of a company and the ceo's pay were smaller. I have worked in corporate america for over 20 years. I have been ...read more
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CEO'S run the companies they work for, and they work very hard. Sometimes, they do not get to see their families for weeks at a time, while traveling to keep their business pro...read more
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The reason for why CEO pay is 262 times higher than the pay of the average U.S. worker (largest disparity in the world) is a result of stock options, and not standard wages. Fr...read more
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There should be no hard limit on what a CEO can be paid, but there should be a way for stockholders to impose reasonable limits, based on performance. If we put hard limits o...read more
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by Sherry Rindt
No, setting a maximum limit for CEO salaries will accomplish little and do a great deal of harm in the long run. Let's say, for example, that America's auto industry is fail...read more
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by Alex Link
The debate surrounding the drastic differences in salaries between CEO's and the lowest paid employees of companies has been an issue since the rise of Capitalism. Yet, this de...read more
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by Tom Karlin
It is incomprehensible to think that a maximum pay limit for a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) could ever be imposed, in a free market society such as the United States. If ...read more
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No. How could we possibly think about enforcing a cap on anyone's salary? If we were to do this where would it end? Where is the line between our personal freedom and the gov...read more
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by Rolando Cruz
Should there be a maximum limit that businesses can pay their CEO? Limits? Do we really want to impose limits on what a CEO can be paid? You are kidding right? That would g...read more
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Bill Somes writes: "No one individual, no matter how talented, no matter how influential, is worth the kind of money that they have been and continue to be paid." "No one ind...read more
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A CEO or a chief executive officer is important to the company. The CEO is very much in charge of the day to day operations and is accountable to the board and to the lesser de...read more
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Should there be such a limit on CEO's, or any other Americans for that matter outside of government? The answer, in one word, is "no"! Why? Because first of all, anything el...read more
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It's easy to demonize the executive who makes millions. It doesn't seem fair when compared with an employee who earns 20 to 50 thousand. Politician, union bosses, and social act...read more
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by B D Repa
From a strictly legal standpoint the answer to this question is unequivocally no'. The government should not be involved in setting a maximum pay rate for anyone. Would you wa...read more
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by Jim Smoot
One of the great things about living in America is the ability to pursue wealth, if that is your goal. In the US, the free market determines what the limits are on your earning...read more
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by Tom Fowler
Every fiber of my being wants to vote YES on this issue, but I am voting no. As much as I am appalled and disgusted with higher management in 21st century corporate America, I d...read more
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by Paul Burns
A reasonable guideline might be to base the bulk of the executive's compensation on the profits of the company. In so far as possible, the definition of profits should be speci...read more
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by Gary Tougher
If there is a maximum limit that businesses are allowed to pay CEOs, just who exactly is going to determine this limit? Companies are already self regulating the pay return for ...read more
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There should not be a maximum limit that they can pay CEO's. Any attempt to stifle the free market system is doomed to failure. CEO's are paid a certain amount because that is w...read more
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by Joseph Osei
Motivation is a factor that drives individuals to go beyond the status quo. Chief Executive Officers are individuals who steer the affairs of an organization. The success of an ...read more
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by George Hare
Well, it is slowly leaving us. Bit by bit, choice by choice. Freedom. The Great American Dream. Liberty. The ability to chase that dream that could make you and your family happ...read more
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Studies have shown that CEOs make up to 400 times the income of the average employee. Executive managers, however, are selected for the unique skills and vision they can bring ...read more
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