Forum Post: Outlaw CEO's
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 26, 2011, 10:35 p.m. EST by OWSForObama
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Make every business owned by the government.
It would be much more efficient. Why have thousands of CEO, when you can have a few oversee many businesses?
The Tax payer would be the CEOs!
We all own this country as a whole right? This is a free country, right?
Does this mean that every tax payer would then be paid millions of dollars like normal CEOs are?? I'm down with that!!
I want to own the country.
No!
Dividends for all would be a good idea though.
No wait if everyone might that be a net 0 change. If everyone received 5 bucks per say, that just devalues the currency. Right?
That seams right.... I don't know.
I think thats what hugo chavez is doing...
He also sent a boatload of heating oil (diesel) to the states for low income families.
which drives up prices of oil for everyone else... but since oil prices arent set by market forces inside venezuela, it doesn't really matter. but it was kind of him to do that.
That is called communism fool.....ask the soviets how that worked. How are you so ignorant???
Not all business have a CEO per say.. Yes they all have someone in charge, but once you get large enough to have someone that just acts as a CEO and doesn do any real work, the government can do it better.
So small businesses would still be private.
Dude, have been to the DMV lately. I dont want gov't running any company.
That is state government you fool!
lolololoollllllooooolllll omg so funny
omg omg omg!!!!!!!! What is so funny, you fool!?
Dude theres a reason that CEO's exist. They get paid for the work that they do- manage a freaking gigantic company with thousands of employees, millions in investment, with production and distribution all over the globe! Its a hard job, and thats why they get paid the way they do. They just dont sit on their ass and get paid, they do more work than anyone else on the planet
Yes, but government could be more efficient at it.
lolollollololollllololloll oh so funny. Government officials have proven time and time again that they aren't. The reason for this is that they aren't motivated. If a private sector worker does a good job, hes promoted or gets a bonus. If he fails hes fired. If a government worker does a good job, he gets paid same as before. If he fails, nothing happens. there is no incenive to perform with a governmen worker!
I have worked very hard and see the guy sitting next to me sleeping on the job, sluffing off and being lazy. Like many of OWS people, I have a job and I am not lazy. I bust my ass hoping to move up. I don't seam to be getting any more rewarded then he is. That is why I lost faith in capitalism.
Dont focus on working hard, focus on creating value. Thats whats rewarded.
For instance, if you worked your ass off to dig a hole all day and then fill it back up again, you would have the same effect as the guy who did nothing. Work smart, not hard. Find ways to make your company money, TELL them this and make them notice, and then you will be rewarded! If you're not, quit and work for someone who will reward you.
That is what I meant.. I get lots of Great Job, keep it up, and etc... But that bum next to me slacks off all the time and he talks the talk where the bosses think his shit don't stink. Maybe the should be out on the floor to see where the work is getting done instead of hiding in their offices!
I stopped answering his questions on how to do stuff.. I want him to fall on his face instead of leaching off of the rest of us in the office.
Good let him fall if he sucks, it brings down the rest. If you are genuinley creating value for the company and they dont recognize that, then you might be able to find more of a reward for your talents somewhere else
Maybe they will see now that I and the others cut him off the teet.
Of course, you could just have piss poor managers too; hope it works out for you
Right?
It will all work out.. These protest have energized me.
Another thing that drives me nuts about them is that the boss said "Whatever you do with your vacation days is your business and I don't want to hear about the protests anymore."
What an asshole!!
You would think he would be interested in how I am using my vacation time. When I went to St Thomas he wouldn't stop bugging me wondering if I had a good time..
I am taking vacation days to protest for my country!
Since when has the government proven they can be efficent? They consistently blow their budgets, never get things done on time and cannot agree on anything.
Do you even realize what goes into running Power Companies, Banks etc? A few to oversee a billion dollar business is crazy. I can assure you right now that one CEO generally cannot do it (that's why they move around so much), what makes you think assigning one person to many businesses is going to work?
I'm sorry but the Taxpayer cannot be the CEO because they don't know the best decisions for the respective industry.
Last, the US government is literally half the problem.
Speechless, I am speechless. Govt more efficient really? Please take a finance class and an economics class.
I did.
That helped give me this idea..
A teacher taught me.. "The only business that can keep losing money and stay in business is the government."
I think you need to take the class again. The govt isn't a business. I am now thinking this was a spoof post, it's just too ludicrous.
You are right that it is not a business, they are like on in the sence that many private services could just as easily be made public.
But they can lose money and keep going..
Look at say a public bus service. They could operate with no customers and still keep rolling.
Why in the world would you want to make private services public? Which ones? My Internet service? My car mechanic? My house painter? Why in any scenario would more services be public? More govt service a d activities should be private. They would be better and cheaper.
Internet Service -- Yes
Car Mechanic -- No
House Painter -- No
OMG...make it stop. This has to be a joke. Good one!
Why?
ISP = Large Service that is using major infrastructure.
The other two are just small potatoes.
I don't think he is for real. No one is that stupid.
It is actually. Look at the numbers for overhead costs for any major insurance company compared to Medicare.
I don't support the government running every company but there are many, many areas the government could do a great job.
Name one....FedEx vs USPS...that inspires lots of confidence with me.
You are uncertain of how to read, yeah?
I already named one.
Also USPS is fucking awesome. They are faster, cheaper and more secure than any other shipping company.
You are right...
USPS is a money losing venture that cannot compete with FedEx and UPS. It is the poster child for bad govt...along with Amtrak
USPS operates at a loss because it is paid for by the people, for the people. Same with Amtrak. They are not organizations designed to make people rich.
And both provide excellent services that meet or exceed their corporate counter-parts.
I say instead of CEO's they should should just give me their jobs because I graduated college, I was born, and I know everything
Uhhh.. No... Government would do a better job.. They manage the largest business as it is right now. They would also never go belly up to where masses lose jobs.
I would do a better job, I was born, therefore I should be given everything, it doesn't take much to run a business I never have and neither has Obama but hey he is doing great
Ok, you are a troll.
Your not? If your not then there is something seriously wrong with you, it's called major stupidity.
No, it is called fairness!
Ha, fairness like you decide whats fair? Laughable, you have to be a troll. The population of this country has not wanted a communist country they spoken with their votes. So move somewhere else and find your utopia, where EEvul CEO's are nonexistent and the government rules everything, North Korea is the only one that comes to mind.
You are a stooge for the 1%.
Maybe that's true, but you are a stooge for Kim Jung il
Whatever!
Alright Valley girl,
WTF?
Frank Zappa Rocked!
You have some stupid commie viewpoint on the world and you don't know who Kim Jung Il is? Typical dumb American, don't realize how good you got it.
Thought So!
N Korea. -- Everyone knows that...
The dude does have a cool uniform like on Team America.