I was in a union for 21 years and the most I ever made was $27,068 and that included overtime.
"Top bonus in the Fed gov is around $40,000" sounds pretty dang good to me.

Originally Posted by Guest

The bonuses and salaries the Fed Gov gives it's employees is peanuts to that of corporate executives. Top pay for a Fed employee is around $177,000 while corporate executives would sneeze at that salary. Top bonus in the Fed gov is around $40,000.

You are right that the government does not tell private companies what to pay their executives. The only pay mandate is minimum wage. Unions take care of the rest - as they should.

UNIONS????
Unions are defunct. They are no longer needed.
Private sector union membership is 6.7% and slipping fast.
Union membership should not be allowed in the public sector. Why should gov workers be able to force us, the taxpayer to pay them more? If they don't want to work for us, then they should quit. Our taxes pay their wages so they should not be able to utilize unions to negotiate benefits. Every time they get a raise, we have to pay higher taxes.

Originally Posted by Guest

Since Carrier HVAC is moving to Mexico whee there is a much lower corporate tax rate and they will be paying employees $6 per hour instead of $34; do you believe 1) will they be selling their products for much less than they do now and 2) will their corporate executives take huge pay cuts since the tax rates and labor costs are much less than in Indiana?

The corporation is moving work off shore to lower the cost (increase the margins) so why would anybody think they would consider a selling price reduction which would again lower the margins that they moved off shore to attain??????????????????????????????

Why would the execs take a pay cut because the tax rates are less?

Originally Posted by Guest

UNIONS????
Unions are defunct. They are no longer needed.
Private sector union membership is 6.7% and slipping fast.
Union membership should not be allowed in the public sector. Why should gov workers be able to force us, the taxpayer to pay them more? If they don't want to work for us, then they should quit. Our taxes pay their wages so they should not be able to utilize unions to negotiate benefits. Every time they get a raise, we have to pay higher taxes.

No, they borrow more to pay them more...