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So Ben & Jerry's stopped, huh? Well that sucks.

Costco guarantees that their CEO cannot make more than a certain percentage of the lowest paid employee. That's why I have a Costco membership.

The year we got laid off from our jobs (so they could hire less qualified people for a lot less money) the CEO and the board of directors all got 7 figure bonuses. Let's see, how many people could they have kept on for FULL salary for *1* 7 figure bonus - average salary $30k, the average bonus was $1.5million, that's *50* workers for one obscene bonus. There were 6-7 members on the board and the CEO - they could have kept our whole office going with no problem.

The US is greedy. We have insurance companies that pay their CEO's high 6 figure salaries with 7 figure "compensation packages" yet deny a simple immunization. The layers of insurance workers guarantee that the poorest will never be able to afford insurance. I paid more than my mortgage just to have poor health insurance for my family of 4. My mom is pissed that I moved 12 hours away, but it was the only way we could afford health insurance. She says that "everyone should be responsible for their own insurance" and then heaps on the guilt because taking that responsibility means I won't be home for xmas this year and she doesn't get as easy access to her grandkids.

I'm not sure about "redistribution" but I am sure that as a "community" we owe our other community members more. I'm also sure that something needs to be done to reign in the obscene salaries that CEO's make for shipping jobs out of the country.