tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769659900634709753.post-51551448951479924612008-01-01T20:16:00.000-05:002008-01-01T20:16:00.000-05:002008-01-01T20:16:00.000-05:00Sorry Aaron, I have no clue why you're bringing up a union. I never said anything about my friend belonging to a union and I'm sure a union didn't decide to close the Philip Morris plant.<BR/>I'm sure by now we all know how much you hate unions, but that's not what this post is about.<BR/><BR/>You're right, my friend doesn't have to move if he doesn't want to, he'll just lose his job if he doesn't.<BR/><BR/>And yes it's of course the liberals fault that Philip Morris is closing, because they're the only ones that say smoking kills. Blaming the closing of Philip Morris on Edwards is the same kind of logic I could use to blame Robin Hayes for the thousands of people that die every year because they smoke.<BR/><BR/>You seem to miss the whole point of the discussion. My whole point is that Philip Morris <B>does not</B> have to be closed for Altria to remain an economically viable company. I'm sure that Altria themselves won't even say that their company would be in trouble if they didn't close the Concord plant.<BR/>I'm saying they're closing the plant in order to make a few hundred million more profit on top of the billions they're already making.<BR/><BR/>Which bring us to your allegation that i seem to have a problem with people being paid more if they have more responsibility. I don't have a problem with that at all.<BR/>The problem I have is that all reason seem to be lost in the compensation of some of these CEO's.<BR/><BR/>If they're really just paid on the basis of their responsibility, can you then explain to me why the salary of the President of the United States is $400,000 a year, plus some expense accounts, and the salary of the CEO of Altria is $37 million a year?<BR/>Last time I checked Altria didn't control any nuclear weapons...<BR/><BR/>Happy New Year!Thierry Wernaershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18425107349559674853noreply@blogger.com