Don't you believe them...

Trust me, the next sound you hear will be not be tea party members, republicans, or conservatives complaining about how overpaid Ford CEO Alan Mulally is:  $26.5 million for 2010.  But, you know, $50,000 for a teacher, or a firefighter, or a law enforcement officer....I keep reading these pieces from conservatives telling us how everyone has made sacrifices and public sector workers should, too.  How about CEOs, guys?  Didn't think so (slurp, slurp).

Make no mistake--Mulally did a whale of a job, and Ford has really turned it around.  But $26.5 million worth?  As Bob King, UAW President, notes, it's "morally wrong."

And the worst part?  Reading Mulally trying to defend the indefensible, saying his pay was aligned with the company's performance, and was the "...way it should be."  Should be in what alternate universe?  Because unless Ford employees began shitting gold bars last year, it wasn't great enough to create that kind of salary in this universe.  Period.

Peace,
emaycee

It could be worse--it could be raining

The Detroit News posits this week that "cutting business taxes will lead to more jobs and higher wages in Michigan." Ha, ha, ha, ha, hee, hee, tee hee, tee hee, hoo-haha, hoo-haha. guffaw, guffaw, giggle, giggle, ho, ho, ho.... Are these fucking people fucking serious? I don't even think tea party goons believe that bullshit--well except for the higher wages part, because those tax cuts will make for some nice raises for Michigan CEOs and their corporate executive brethren. For the rest of us, not so much. As for the jobs, well...corporate profits are at their highest since 1993, and unemployment in America is still hovering near 9%. Not exactly hard to do the math. Peace, emaycee