But the Pharmas got their huge profits from what you call "earned privilege.
Have you changed your mind again. I didn't defend CEO payments. If shareholders accept them, who are we to complain? The shareholders pay them. Harry ********************************** Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles. Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 818 352-4141 ********************************** > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:futurework- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christoph Reuss > Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 4:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Futurework] Bill Gates, Rockefellers & Africa's > biopiracy > > Harry Pollard wrote: > > A privilege is unjust. Whether or not they are inherited > > makes no difference. > > You defended the vast overpayments for CEOs. What's that if not > "earned privilege"? (you deemed it "earned", although it's just a > rip-off for doing more damage than good) > > I think you mistook Henry George. His point was that people > shouldn't gain from exploiting others, as with land rents. > But honestly earned money is not exploitation, it is valid > reward (and incentive) for their own positive achievements. > That's why earned "privilege" is okay. > > > > I suppose you mean the > > "earned privilege" of American pharmaceutical companies. > > > > The top ten pharmaceuticals in the Fortune 500 make more > > profit than the other 490 companies. > > > > I'm glad you approve of this "earned privilege". > > No I don't. Big Pharma profiteering is excessive and harmful. > It is steered by greedy shareholders and CEOs, not serving > honest workers and the public, but exploiting them. > > You keep confusing valid reward with illegitimate rip-off. > > Chris > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the > keyword > "igve". > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca > http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.6/828 - Release Date: > 6/1/2007 11:22 AM > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.14/845 - Release Date: 6/12/2007 6:39 AM _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
