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Back in the twentieth century one solution to disparities of wealth was a real progressive tax structure, as opposed to the current structure where the working poor pay a larger proportion of their incomes in taxes than do the very rich. On Mar 26, 2009, at 3:59 PM, Michael Smith wrote: >

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And my wife's retirement account is managed by VALIC, now an AIG subsidiary. I suspect that you could do a similar calculation dividing the bonuses by the total number of clients of AIG and its many subsidiaries. On Mar 26, 2009, at 3:02 PM, David Epstein wrote: On Thu, 26 Mar 2009, Paul Br

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Yes. I read the $1. If that's true (which I doubt), then it is only $1 so that he and others like him can keep as much money as possible through, no doubt, some well worn tax loopholes. However, I have no faith whatsoever that any of these so called "executives" act with any degree of conscience

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logy College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- > -Original Message- > From: David Epstein [mailto:da...@neverdave.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 3:02 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] Op-Ed Contributor - Dear A.I.G

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On Thu, 26 Mar 2009, Paul Brandon went: It's interesting that no one on this list has said anything about athletes and other entertainers, some of whom 'earn' as much yearly as the entire AIG bonus list! And yes, you pay for their salaries through advertising costs passed on to you through the

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o:paul.bran...@mnsu.edu] Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 12:50 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Op-Ed Contributor - Dear A.I.G., I Quit! - NYTimes.com It's interesting that no one on this list has said anything about athletes and other entertainers, some o

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It's called a market economy. Make it a good day. --Louis-- Louis Schmierhttp:/www.therandomthoughts.com Department of History Valdosta State University Valdosta, Georgia 31698 /\

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On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:20:18 -0700, David Epstein wrote: >On Thu, 26 Mar 2009, Mike Palij went: >>Doesn't that depend on how one defines "anyone's contribution to >>anything"? If one can come up with sophisticated mathematical tools >>that allows one to come up with financial derivatives or instru

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It's interesting that no one on this list has said anything about athletes and other entertainers, some of whom 'earn' as much yearly as the entire AIG bonus list! And yes, you pay for their salaries through advertising costs passed on to you through the products you purchase (where do you t

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On Thu, 26 Mar 2009, Mike Palij went: Doesn't that depend on how one defines "anyone's contribution to anything"? If one can come up with sophisticated mathematical tools that allows one to come up with financial derivatives or instruments that can earn billions of dollars, what should that per

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On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:21:45 -0700, Michael Smith wrote: >Well, it wouldn't change my opinion. >No one, I believe, should receive $742,006.40 bonus after taxes. >If that is the bonus, what was his salary!!!??? >And, whatever his salary was, he thinks he earned it because the areas >he was involved

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Sorry, cry me a river. I completely agree with Marie. This captures my response: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RHSmRRer1w&feature=related Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 tay...@sandiego.edu

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opher D. Green [mailto:chri...@yorku.ca] Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 10:45 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Op-Ed Contributor - Dear A.I.G., I Quit! - NYTimes.com So, this has absolutely nothing to do with teaching psychology, but you are interesting people who like

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Michael Smith wrote: > > Well, it wouldn't change my opinion. > No one, I believe, should receive $742,006.40 bonus after taxes. > If that is the bonus, what was his salary!!!??? Read the letter again. It was $1. Chris Green === > > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Christopher D. Gre

Re: [tips] Op-Ed Contributor - Dear A.I.G., I Quit! - NYTimes.com

Well, it wouldn't change my opinion. No one, I believe, should receive $742,006.40 bonus after taxes. If that is the bonus, what was his salary!!!??? And, whatever his salary was, he thinks he earned it because the areas he was involved with made lots of money. Unlike most Canadians and probabl

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So, this has absolutely nothing to do with teaching psychology, but you are interesting people who like interesting things. It is a letter of resignation from an executive at AIG that may change your view of the current bonus scandal. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/25/opinion/25desantis.html Ch