If liberals are going to call for lower Executive pay, are they also going to call for "actors" to make less

Question

Liberals HATE the fact that exectutives make a lot of money but I NEVER hear them complain about the amount of money their liberal donors in Hollywood make per picture. Should "actors" who PRETEND for a living make more money than Executives who run companies?


http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/29593584-7a7a-11dc-9bee-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1
Most US corporate leaders believe chief executives are overpaid and do not provide value for money for their com­panies, according to a study that will embolden critics of excessive compensation.

The findings – to be published today by the National Association of Corporate Directors – are likely to strengthen calls by investors and politicians, including George W. Bush, US president, for restraint on executive pay at a time of growing income inequality in the US.

Answer 1

Not just actors but athletes too. The thing is that at the end of the day there are gig executives making a boat load of cash off of these actors and athletes. God forbid somebody take a risk, often out of their own pockets, succeed and expect to be rewarded for that investment. I'm sure the left sees actors the same as any other laborer.........

Answer 2

I would say in both industry's the cost / profits have lost perspective. As an actor myself I understand the pay scale. Part of the reason work is being done almost completely out of the US relates to the exorbitant fees celebrities command. Smart ones go for a percentage at the end.
So, you might say that these record pay outs to CEO's has also contributed to out sourcing labor in places like China, India, Mexico etc.
It would be possible to reign in some companies directly involved with government agencies and.or utilities. Actors have a separate union, I belong to, Screen Actor's Guild. They would have to be willing to address this. The current President Marg Helgeberger's (CSI) husband has made some noise. Reagan held the position years ago. They really have a political network all their own.

What I expect is during the next couple months of budget debates no one will be too concerned about rocking the corporate boat. Given it's an election season... these findings will end up on the real floor or rubbish bin. AND Actor's and politics always seems to blend together. NO way will politicians get into their playground. Like I said, the Union is way too strong !

Interesting how you put this question together. Thanks for the FYI.

Answer 3

I will NEVER criticize a CEO who treats his employees fairly and pays them well. I will, however, criticize those who cut jobs or pay minimum wage with few (if any) benefits (raising the welfare rolls) while raking in millions in compensation (WalMart comes to mind).

If they are worth it, they should earn it. But they need to take care of the people doing the grunt work that pays their salary.

The difference between CEOs , actors, and sports stars is that CEOs have the ability to improve the lives of those working under them. Actors and sports stars don't. Kevin Costner doesn't pay the key grip. Manny Ramirez doesn't pay the bat-boy. CEOs do.

Answer 4

Actors get paid based on sales. The actor is actually a hands on person, and what the movie makes is based on how well they do the job.
Then they have a ton of different news organizations and magazines criticizing them about how well they did there job and about how they run there personal life.

I think its outrageous to think that any CEOs or chief executives are going to actually get there hands dirty doing real labor like many actors in an action flick. Also its crazy to think they would actually put there whole lives in public by paparazzi following them 24 hours a day.

I don't think they can even compare to what an actor or actress goes though.

Answer 5

Well yes I think they should if were going to raise up the the bottom half of the country then they should Field as much burden as the rest of us in the middle class.

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." Theodore Roosevelt

Answer 6

I don't have any problem at all with actors, professional athletes, and CEOs all making less money. If they all had salary caps I would be OK with that.

Seriously, if Brad Pitt's salary per picture capped at $15,000,000 plus 20% of the grosses, would he suffer?? I think not.

Answer 7

They feel that anyone who tries and succeeds should not be rewarded, but punished for their achievements.

Unless of course it is another liberal who is furthering their cause like "Hanoi" Jane, "Dingy" Harry or Chavez loving Sean Penn. These are their heroes.

Destruction of the constitution and everything it stands for and the economy is their goal.

Down with Marxism!

Answer 8

Yeah, Republicans HATE the Hollywood elite, They would never elect an actor who played a tough guy on tv/movies and pretend he was a real hero...they would never elect; Ronald Reagan, Arnold Shwarzenegger, Fred Thompson.... Hypocrite.

Answer 9

Wow blueridge did you read your post?

Don't you know who pay's the actors?

Companies do. They have employees. If Paramount paid an actor less, the janitor could have better benefits.

Actor are paid just the same way CEO's are. They don't have to pay a CEO the salary he wants, just like an actor.

And discretionary income as a basis for paying actors what they want??? How many CEO's work for companies that exist just based on discretionary income.

Try to formulate you idea better the next time.

Answer 10

I am sure you would agree with me when I say we shouldn’t concern ourselves with either. It’s called freedom. However, if the “progressives” are going to strip that freedom from corporate execs then, it would be hypocritical of them to not do the same for the actors, athletes, musicians etc. who make ridiculous amounts of money as well. But, we are of course used to the hypocrisy of the Left.

I say we fight them with everything we have by any means necessary. Marxism will not come to America and we cannot allow it to have any more footholds. We have allowed too much already.