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Let's extend this further and apply it to the president of the US. Would you agree that the president should be paid dozens of million or even a billion USD eac
by foepys 5y ago
Let's extend this further and apply it to the president of the US. Would you agree that the president should be paid dozens of million or even a billion USD each year because they kept the trillion USD economy going?
The US president has a lot more responsibility than a CEO, including the prevention of eradication of life on Earth.
- mihaic 5y agoI wouldn't have any issue with giving the president a salary of 10 million/year. We as a society really need to do a better job to put our most qualified individuals in running society instead of having them optimize ad revenue.
- jalk 5y agoIf only there was a clear indication that higher pay == better qualified candidates
- mihaic 5y agoSorry if sarcasm doesn't travel over the internet, but are you saying that the correlation between high pay and competence is weak at best? Either way, given how both US parties spend on the presidential election more than Amazon on Lord of the Rings, I do think the winner should get a big fat paycheck. I can only see this reducing conflicts of interest, or at least making them more public.
- yardstick 5y agoGiven the US has to fund its operations via debt, I wouldn’t expect them to pay their President much. If they were making tens/hundreds of billions in profits a year then sure, give them a big fat check for eliminating the national deficit.
- mannerheim 5y agoYou can choose not to invest in Apple. You don't have a choice in paying for the President's salary.
- refurb 5y agoUnless something's changed, I don't believe the president of the US makes business decisions for all economic activity in the US.