For this week’s “top whatever” list, let’s take a look at some of the highest paid CEOs in the U.S.
Using data from the S&P 500, CNBC.com was able to identify the 21 CEOs with “the largest average compensation packages over the last four years, from 2007 to 2011.”
Figures for 2012 are incomplete (so they weren’t included).
“The source of the compensation data is CapIQ,” CNBC.com explains. “Compensation is defined as salary, cash bonus, stock awards, option awards, nonequity incentive plan, change in pension value, and all other compensation (such as contributions to 401(k)s and life insurance premium payments).”
CNBC.com also looked at each company’s year-to-date stock percentage gain.
So, without any further explanation, here are the top highest paid CEOs in America [all data via CNBC.com]:
David Cote
Honeywell International (HON)
Average compensation: $25 million
Year-to-date stock gain: 10.32 percent
CEO since: February 2002
With the company since: 2002
Age: 60
Kieran Gallahue
CareFusion.com
CareFusion Corporation (CFN)
Compensation: $25 million
Year-to-date stock gain: 5.19 percent
CEO since: February 2011
With the company since: 2011
Age: 49
Ralph Lauren
Ralph Lauren Corporation (RL)
Average compensation: $27 million
Year-to-date stock gain: 8 percent
CEO since: 1967
With the company since: 1967
Age: 73
Note: Lauren founded Ralph Lauren Corporation.
Miles White
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
Average compensation: $27 million
Year-to-date stock gain: 13.36 percent
CEO since: 1998
With the company since: 1984
Age: 57
Brian Roberts
Comcast Corporation (CMCSA)
Average compensation: $27 million
Year-to-date stock gain: 49.3 percent
CEO since: 2002
With the company since: 1981
Age: 53
David Zaslav
Discovery Communications (DISCA)
Average compensation: $27 million
Year-to-date stock gain: 34.76 percent
CEO since: January 2007
With the company since: 2007
Age: 52
Louis Camilleri
Phillip Morris International
Philip Morris International (PM)
Average compensation: $28 million
Year-to-date stock gain: 4.98 percent
CEO since: April 2002
With the company since: 1978
Age: 57
Rupert Murdoch
News Corp. (NWSA)
Average compensation: $28 million
Year-to-date stock gain: 31.92 percent
CEO since: 1952
With the company since: 1952
Age: 81
Note: Murdoch inherited News Limited from his father in 1952; he later became founder, chairman and CEO of News Corp.
Michael Jeffries
Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF)
Average compensation: $29 million
Year-to-date stock gain: -14.17 percent
CEO since: February 1992
With the company since: 1992
Age: 68
Rex Tillerson
Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM)
Average compensation: $30 million
Year-to-date stock gain: 1.55 percent
CEO since: January 2006
With the company since: 1975
Age: 60
Robert Iger
Walt Disney (DIS)
Average compensation: $33 million
Year-to-date stock gain: 25.79 percent
CEO since: October 2005
With the company since: 1974
Age: 61
David Simon
Simon Property Group (SPG)
Average compensation: $35 million
Year-to-date stock gain: 14.9 percent
CEO since: 1995
With the company since: 1993
Age: 51
["Note: Simon is the son of company co-founder Melvin Simon. In July 2012, Simon’s shareholders rejected an eight-year compensation package that included a base salary of $1.25 million and stock awards valued at $132 million over eight years."]
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Not in Kansas Anymore
Nov. 28, 2012 at 10:59am@canadarocks still the question is.. why should any taxpayer have to pay for your abortion, your birth control, your healthcare, your food, your shelter and really… what it boils down to, why should any taxpayer have to pay to raise you and then bury you?
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ron2win
Nov. 29, 2012 at 5:58amI think they would have better served their readers ,if in fact they told us what stocks these people did so well with !
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Robert999
Nov. 27, 2012 at 11:51pmThese are the kind of talented people who will save America’s economy, not a foreign-born community organizer.
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November28
Nov. 28, 2012 at 5:57amThank God for everyone of them on the list. Read fresh political commentary at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
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Wolf
Nov. 28, 2012 at 8:20amI don’t begrudge these people their salaries, etc, but it’s easy to see why consumers don’t have any extra income.
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davidwjohnson
Nov. 27, 2012 at 7:48pmBefore the lamestream media begins bashing the greedy CEOs, they should take a look at the movie stars they like to cozy up to: http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mfl45khmg/tom-cruise-4/
The highest paid CEO is $35M. Dwayne Johnson (Ex wrestler “The Rock”) makes more money $36M than the highest paid CEO. I guarantee the CEO works harder in 1 week than “The Rock” works all year!
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antiprogressive
Nov. 28, 2012 at 2:54amTiger Woods made 120 million in the last 12 months.
Leanardo Dicaprio made 77 million in the last year as well.
Between the 2 they employee a caddy, a couple limo drivers and probably a few personal servants.
But Hollywood, the brain-dead movie goers, sports watchers etc. would never talk bad about them.
And they are stupid enough to blame the ball park owners and movie theater owners for $5 popcorn and $6 beer, instead of these “stars”.
Interesting.
I will say THIS though, if you START a company, you have my “permission” to take all you can get.
If you came in late, hired “at the top”, you should be limited to stock price/profit increase incentives and have a “golden parachute” clause that only pays out IF YOU SUCCEED.
But to be fair to those hired in CEOs, why would they leave their other job wothout some kind of guarantee?
It would be nice however, if ALL employees of publicly traded companies were automatically given stock weekly/monthly to entice them to stay and do good work, even though it quickly becomes necessary to stop them from immediately selling and making a short term profit on a LONG TERM incentive.
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Wilma
Nov. 28, 2012 at 9:12amExcellent point.
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Individualism
Nov. 27, 2012 at 7:33pmoverpaid unproductive person basically. many companies do great work without top heavy management and positions like ceo.
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kindling
Nov. 27, 2012 at 7:49pmWhy then would a company pay someone so much to just sit behind a door? The thing is who cares how much they are making, that doesn’t stop someone else from working. People that earn lots of money tend to spend lots of money and give away lots of money.
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therealconservative
Nov. 27, 2012 at 9:12pm@indiv
“overpaid unproductive person basically”
Looking in the mirror?
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girlnurse
Nov. 27, 2012 at 9:21pmWell check out the Solyndra CEO’s:
http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Solyndra-Executive-Bonuses-Kept-Coming-in-2011/
Don’t you know when the government gets involved in stuff the greed and corporate welfare begins??
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Ragnars Repos
Nov. 28, 2012 at 12:23am“overpaid unproductive person basically. many companies do great work without top heavy management and positions like ceo.”
Most companies fail, a few succeed. There is a reason.
Besides, it’s none of your business what they make. That is between the CEO and the people who need their abilities.
This is such collectivist BS! Why does the Blaze even post this crap?
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Worldsapart
Nov. 28, 2012 at 2:13amOver paid, unproductive? All these companies’ stock prices were UP!
Obama, $400k, employment rate year to date?
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Capitalist Mama
Nov. 28, 2012 at 6:48amRiiiiggghhhttt. And that’s why when things go south, everyone is looking at the CEO.
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singray
Nov. 27, 2012 at 6:03pmThose that want what others have are just jealous peole. I say if thereare those willing to pay someone this much, than more power to the recipient. All you that want more of theirs would be the first to complain if we wanted more of what you have. I know you rally don’t have much if you covet what they get. You are so evil spirited that you’d take 95% of anyone that has more than you. But be honest with yourselves. If you one the Mega Millions you’d try to get as much of it as you could now, wouldn’t you. And you’d also not understand why you get so little of what you won. Because of course you won it fair and square. Winning is different than earning, huh. We Conservatives should understand that those Liberals that already have theirs, are more than willing to not allow those trying to get to their level have more of their own. You see Buffet’s Billions are already his. Tell Mr. Buffet that we will really get those evil Rich and asess a 30% Wealth Tax and listen to him scream like a pig about the unfairness of it all. Enact a excise tax on Salaries earned by Entertainment and Sports and you’ll truly see how generous these people really are.
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girlnurse
Nov. 27, 2012 at 6:35pmPeople should be able to keep 100% of what they earn OR win! What gives the government the right to take 50% of what you earn OR win? If you don’t feed it so much it will stop growing.
The government is TOO big and out of control. The government should NEVER bail a business out and/or pick winners and losers by giving large sums of our tax money to get started and/or grow.
(Solyndra-GE-GM-Bank bailouts,airlines, Solar etc.) Why do you think we have so many monopolies????? Very few companies run the world……according to this article 147.
Which as a free market Capitalist I have no problem with…the PROBLEM is when they have an unholy alliance with the GOVERNMENT…and thats where you are creating a perfect storm for slavery of the masses (which we are seeing now).
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228354.500-revealed–the-capitalist-network-that-runs-the-world.html
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Pantloadian
Nov. 27, 2012 at 8:57pmGIRLNURSE . .. “People should be able to keep 100% of what they earn OR win! ”
Who’s gonna pay for tanks and jets and bombs?
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girlnurse
Nov. 27, 2012 at 9:17pmIncrease the sales tax across the board..or maybe a 5% flat tax..but I like the sales tax. That way you only pay when you purchase something big. Hey by the time we scale back the government the way I would do it..there would be no need for the crazy amounts they are raking in now! I believe in a strong military but not the kind of globe hopping nation building we are doing now.
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Pantloadian
Nov. 28, 2012 at 8:24amGIRLNURSE . . . So you SHOULDN’T be able to keep everything you make. Got it. That does make more sense. Try to do that from the start. It would help the conservative cause immensely.
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Hawk69
Nov. 27, 2012 at 4:44pmObama can spend more in a month than all of these folks combined make in a year. How exactly are we going to tax our way out of a 16 trillion dollar debt again? Obama, your math don’t add up.
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DEFCON4
Nov. 27, 2012 at 4:59pm*exactly* $$$=???? !!!
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taintso
Nov. 27, 2012 at 5:16pmObama will see that US industries have new Prophets.
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kindling
Nov. 27, 2012 at 7:46pmI think the problem with the vast majority of Americans is they don’t know how much a Trillion dollars is.
one MILLION second equals 12 DAYS.
one BILLION seconds equals 32 YEARS.
one TRILLION seconds equals 32,000 years. Did you all see that 32 THOUSAND YEARS!
We see the words million, billion and trillion thrown around like they are all within the same amount.
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drphil69
Nov. 27, 2012 at 4:38pmIm just curious – why only CEOs?
What about ACTORS and ATHLETES??
Seems to me that a CEO creates more jobs than an actor or athlete, yet don’t the top of them make similar incomes? I remember when the actors on “Friends” demanded $1 million EACH, PER EPISODE for the final season.. and that was a long time ago. Yet nobody talks about their reiculous incomes.
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girlnurse
Nov. 27, 2012 at 5:09pmYea good point! When Oblamma says “You didn’t build that” he’s talking about these guys cause these are the kind that have lobbiests on staff to influence politicians who make the laws or look the other way if you have this much money so they go offshore or hide their money, etc. But us PEONS have to follow the rules that were not made for politicians, bankers, and big CEO’s..
I say shrink the IRS and the Gubment and get them out of our pockets and we would ALL be better off!
Why are there no jobs in America???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b_7y4KmlA0&feature=player_detailpage
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Buck101
Nov. 27, 2012 at 5:18pmBecause this is a list about CEO’s that’s why. My suggestion to you is to go to google.com, bing.com yahoo.com and typing in “highest paid athletes” or “highest paid actors” you’d be amazed.
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girlnurse
Nov. 27, 2012 at 4:25pmSo are we supposed to believe the BIG CEO’s and the gubment aren’t in bed together and duping and lying to the Amerikan sheeple??
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/11/26/obama-to-meet-with-new-group-of-ceos/
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Zipit
Nov. 27, 2012 at 4:25pmGood on em!! They make money for the people who invest in their co’s!!!
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HisStoryUn
Nov. 27, 2012 at 5:27pmWith the exception of Michael Jeffries at Abercrombie & Fitch who lost over 14%!
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lefty5005
Nov. 27, 2012 at 4:22pmI know Ralph Lauren is thinking about moving from France. He won’t because he will receive some “special” dispensation like Obama gave his cronies in regards to Obamacare. With the kind of money these guys are making and Glen and Rush too, you would think they could buy a plan to fix the damn country or at least hire someone with the guts to do it. In all fairness that is what they make and more power too all of them especially Lauren and Murdock, for Christ’s sake they founded the company and how about Callimeri, he rose from college graduate to CEO, now that is the true American dream.
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GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
Nov. 28, 2012 at 12:10amMeanwhile, Obama is reading this story and thinking: “So much to steal, so little time…”
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HKS
Nov. 27, 2012 at 4:17pmI don’t think any of them can touch Charlie Sheen’s bucks at 40 mil.
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CulperGang
Nov. 27, 2012 at 4:15pmThos can’t be real figures. Not even close. Here is the figures closes to CEO earnings
Liberty Mutuals CEO Edmund Kelly cashed in at 200!!! MILLION this does not include the 2.3 Mill Bonus.
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/05/have-insurance-companies-forgotten-the-meaning-of-insurance/256677/
Does it seem real that companies making billions are paying only mere millions? I have a bridge for sale.
Liberty Mutual asked NYS for a RAISE in premiums for the past TEN YEARS and got it. A call to law makers by irate mutual liberty insurance holders resulted in ZERO action against Liberty Mutual who HAS defrauded millions of people and is object of many lawysuits. YET, they still operate in NYS with the blessing of the politicians who refuse to remove this criminal enterprise aka Liberty Mutual to do business in NYS. Upshot: To all those salaries add a zero they are all in the HUNDRED MILLIONS. and are supplying politicans with $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$/ black market along with insider trading info.
The American system has to be purged of criminals, they are raping the country, the system, one person at a time.
I AM NOT ANTI-GOVERNMENT. I AM ANTI-GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION.
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HKS
Nov. 27, 2012 at 4:11pmSome day these CEOs could make what Jay Leno makes if they work hard enough. Or maybe even rally move up in the world to Cloney’s bucks.
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casper00
Nov. 27, 2012 at 4:10pmOnly losers buy from A&F!!!!!!!!!
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Black Manta
Nov. 27, 2012 at 4:04pmAnd not a one of them is an Israelite…Everyone of them is a seed of Esau…
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SimpleTruths
Nov. 27, 2012 at 4:00pmSpoken like the well trained sheep you are. Glenn will be proud of the class of 2012.
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Git-R-Done
Nov. 27, 2012 at 4:51pmThen stop whining and go figure out how to make that much money for yourself.
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sophiepaul
Nov. 27, 2012 at 3:57pmWhere is my comment?
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sophiepaul
Nov. 27, 2012 at 3:56pmAll I can add is, when women will reach that status? Oh, I forgot, we live in a “woman & bikes” era http://bit.ly/WX4cki
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Zipit
Nov. 27, 2012 at 4:28pmNice bikes!
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Crazyotto
Nov. 27, 2012 at 6:39pmvery nice bikes!!!
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michael7695
Nov. 27, 2012 at 3:53pmYeah…great job! Keep doing well. Your success affects thousands directly and millions indirectly in a positive way.
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HKS
Nov. 27, 2012 at 4:02pmAnd they make less than Letterman?
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noslave
Nov. 27, 2012 at 3:53pmwhat % are democrats exempt from obamas tax the rich shakedown??we know buffet suffers from DEEP-POCKET SYNDROM??(all others should give money to the govt,unfortunately he cant reach the money in his own pockets to donate to obamas cause??)typical liberal??spend others money not mine??
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progressiveslayer
Nov. 27, 2012 at 3:52pmThe regime could confiscate all their wealth and it wouldn’t make a bit of difference in our national debt.
I wish all companies would go offshore and starve the beast for a while,let the public sector figure it out lmao. I’m sure those ceo’s can find a country more accepting of capitalists than the oppressive Marxist regime currently forcing communism on Amerika.
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CanadaRocks
Nov. 27, 2012 at 5:26pmHow very patriotic of you. Let your mother and father go wothout, your kids friends and family. Great idea. Let the country burn so you can say “i told you so.” You call yourself a true american. If these guys were so great and your “job providers” why is it they haven’t created any jobs during this time where the bush tax cuts were supposedly put in place for that purpose? I would love an explanation as to why you think sending jobs over seas ala Bain Capital serves any purpose than to harm your country, family and friends for an “i told you so?” Let me guess. That marxist/fascist/socialist/secret muslim/ambassador killing ***** obama is responsible for everything.
Grow up and realize that your country is progressing. There is nothing wrong woth progression. It is a natural thing that occurs but hey, at least that gives tou and muslims some common ground. You are both scared to step into the future and denounce anyone who disagrees. Are you secretly a muslim like obama? Yu and muslims seem to think along the same lines. It is nice to see you and mullah omar share the same philosophies on things.
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brother_ed
Nov. 27, 2012 at 5:38pm@CANADAROCKS
We may be changing, but I wouldn’t call it progressing.
People think ‘progress’ is natural and that conservatives are standing in the way.
I would remind you that civilizations can also ‘regress’.
Everyone thinks the Mayans were wiped out by the Spanish, but they were already in decline.
What happened to the builders of Stonehenge?
How are the Romans, the Egyptians, the Sumerians doing?
Though change may be inevitable, progress is not.
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girlnurse
Nov. 27, 2012 at 5:51pmCANADAROCKS: Do you call this “Progress”? Taking the best, most industrious, freest country ever and turning it into a third world socialist, Marxist, Police state craphole? Wow, like destruction much? If we wanted to live like that we would go to Canada…
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Crazyotto
Nov. 27, 2012 at 6:36pmCanadasucks!
Apparently progress also means you can’t use spell check.. grow-up? I would suggest you quit living on left wing talking points and read up on the concept of free markets.. Try a little Hayek.. you might actually start using your mind/brain for something other a hat rack..
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CanadaRocks
Nov. 27, 2012 at 6:57pmSo no one answered my question. I am completely shocked. You guys have to realize that you have become unpatriotic boobs. If romney won you would have expected the left to fall in line and play by the rules. Whats good for the goose… You need to realize that your country is moving forward. Socially especially. You lost the election because of your regressive ideas. The 50′s are over. Regressing is trying to maintain old values that you still cant let go of. Ward and june cleaver dont live next door to you anymore. The extremists in your party ruined that for you. Did you really think that people were going to vote for old worn out ideas that crippled you in the first place? Barack Obama may not be a saviour but compared to what was on the other side of the ticket it was a very simple choice to make. No one is coming for your guns. Obama isnt going to join the muslims and destroy america. You really need to wake up. “Your” america is gone. America now belongs to the people. The results speak for themselves. The people spoke. I thought you cons were the party of freedom. No? Why is it that when freedom to vote doesnt work in your favour it isnt freedom? So enjoy the next four years of obama. Regardless of how you feel. He is your president again. Like it or not. No matter what you do he will still be there in four years. Hopefully showing hilary around the place before she sits in the oval office in 2016. Huntsman would have beaten obama but you chose romney. Your fault.
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girlnurse
Nov. 27, 2012 at 7:20pmCANADAROCKS: I didn’t see a question. You are too busy playing the right/left political game to see the forest through the trees. Speaking for myself, I wasn’t a big fan of Romney but I voted for him ONLY because he was the lesser of two freedom grabbing politicians. You talk in wide sweeping generalities. So I will ask you a couple questions if you don’t mind.
How is it that “America now belongs to the people”?
What is it that Obama is doing that is so impressive to you? How is he changing this country for the better? Can you give me some examples?
I happen to believe that both parties have been taken over by the ONE party of Progressives. And if you think thats a good thing you really need to do your homework. I hope you stay in touch because if 1984 is the type of world you really think is going to be an enjoyable one, I would love to talk to you a few years from now, God willing.
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Atlappraiser
Nov. 27, 2012 at 7:30pm@Canadarocks, please get a clue in life. Do some research before you spout off at the mouth. The US is regressing, not progressing. That’s quite clear with the way we are headed over the last 20 years. BTW, Huntsman would have lost to Obama by a huge landslide. Please do us a favor, keep your political comments to the country you apparently love. If Canada rocks, then why do people come to the US for healthcare?
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CanadaRocks
Nov. 27, 2012 at 7:58pmAmerica now belongs to the people because obama was voted in because he actually listens to the majority. I as,well as the rest of america were all for the war to “smoke bin laden out of his hole.” But what happened? All of a sudden saddam was in on it and had wmds and we sent the majority of our armed forces there? This was done against the majority of the poulations voices. The people. How many young men and women are dead now? how many are maimed for life and disabled? which party was it that voted against the veterans jobs act? And to answer another which ties in is that america is better off because although both sides economic ideas were and are ridiculous, the majority voted on social issues. Womens health rights, womens employment rights, immigration, gay rights, and funny as it is, apparently marijuana legalization. Social issues are just as important as economic issues. Having someone in the presidency who is backed by religious nutcases talking about rape babies being a gift from god etc. is not good for america.
1984? Was it obama that introduced the patriot act?
Now my original question if you want to read my post again was actually to Slayer.
How can you call yourself an american, a patriot if you want to see your country fail so you can say i told you so? Letting not only friends and family suffer just so you can have the satisfaction of being proven right? That is anti- american. Would no one agree?
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girlnurse
Nov. 27, 2012 at 9:09pmCANADA:I can only speak for myself and I do not fit in the left/right box you have happily fell into under the left side. I started waking up during the Bush administration and I was no fan of him either. I see right thru the games politicians are playing right under the sheeples noses. 60% of people are against Obamacare yet they went ahead and shoved it up our arses. How is that for listening to the people? Most Americans are always against the wars our government has participated in (including your messiah). The wars are wrong and for the elites to make money. I would also tell you that MOST Americans are against gay marriage. Hell, here in Ca. we voted against it and we are one of the most liberal states,as you know,but still they shove it up our keisters (including Oblamma)..(now how is that for listening to the people?)…
BTW, One “religious nut case” talking about a rape baby being a gift from God is not “the people”.
One of the most recent polls shows most americans are against abortion but thats neither here nor there. I don’t believe in most polls either. The fact that you honestly think your government is listening to you and has your best interest at heart is laughable to me in every way.
If women have so many “rights” as you say, why are EVERY one of those top CEO’s men??
You honestly think all women care about is abortion and birth control?? The issue was who is going to pay for it, not if its available! Y should I pay 4 your bc!? I cld go on & on b
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historyguy48
Nov. 27, 2012 at 9:32pmHey Canada, how does it feel to have a communist country on your southern border? Pretty good right! Just think in a few years we’ll bring you all into our little collective also so you can share your wealth with us.
Do you really think our resident communists will stop here? Did Stalin?
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CanadaRocks
Nov. 27, 2012 at 10:08pmOnce again you describe basic human rights as issues. There should be no discussion on human rights. The fact that you believe that women should not have free reign over their bodies and make their own choices is baffling. It is not about birth control and and abortion solely. When you take a womens right to choose away from her you might as well put her in the same class as saudi women that cant make their own choices.
The reason women werent represented on this list is the reason why obama being president is good. He will help change that and lily ledbetter was a great start. Nothing is instant and the fact that it took black people 100 years to finally get integrated into white universities was a disgrace. But it shows that battles for human rights can be won but it will always be a battle. Instant gratification will never work.
How does that tie in to obamacare? Glad you asked. Why is that america is the only country in the world where sick people are a business. Why does america not want all of its citizens to have healthcare available to them when they get sick? Think of what the war money spent in iraq could have done to help people going bankrupt because they got cancer. I am truly sorry but people that dont believe you have a right to healthcare or to marry who you love or dont have a right to choose what is best for their bodies is anti american values. Period.
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Git-R-Done
Nov. 27, 2012 at 10:34pmCanadasucks – Spoken like a true leftist psychopath. What you mean by women having free control over their bodies is that taxpayers should be forced to pay for their birth control (while men have to pay for their own condoms and I don’t hear men complaining about having to do that) and kill their babies.
And why should some deadbeat welfare bum who does dope all day and sleeps around get the same health care as me? Why I get health care is b/c I went to work to pay for it myself.
If I have a higher standard of living than most people in this country, it’s b/c I didn’t sit around and wait for the government to take care of me. I went and figured out what jobs paid well, had the most job opportunities, and the best job security.
Funny how you claim that instant gratification will never work yet you lefties are all about instant gratification.
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girlnurse
Nov. 28, 2012 at 3:46amCANADA: You said: “There should be no discussion on human rights. The fact that you believe that women should not have free reign over their bodies and make their own choices is baffling”.
I believe we do have certain human rights that come from God–not the government. God is the one who gives us free will. If you want you can kill your baby but you will suffer the consequences of that choice just like if you choose to kill anyone. You are born with one beating heart. When a woman is pregnant she has two beating hearts, and two souls. What about the rights of the baby to be born? to say the mother should have a “right” to stop that beating heart is more than “baffling”..it is murderous and evil.
You also said: “Why is america the only country in the world where sick people are a business. Why does america not want all of its citizens to have healthcare available to them when they get sick? Think of what the war money spent in iraq could have done to help people going bankrupt because they got cancer. I am truly sorry but people that dont believe you have a right to healthcare or to marry who you love or dont have a right to choose what is best for their bodies is anti american values”
I kind of agree with you on the healthcare part. If its a choice between a war and giving people healthcare then hc for sure. But it is not a basic right. I disagree that a killing a baby is whats best for a womans body ever. Murder is not a value. Marriage is between a man &
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DJEyeDub
Nov. 28, 2012 at 1:18pmHey Canadarocks. Shut up already you do not represent Canada and the majority of Canadians. You are a socialist weasel and represent the worst of our great nation. F^%k OFF douche!
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CanadaRocks
Nov. 28, 2012 at 5:26pmI am sorry but healthcare should be available to everyone. Period. What does it say anout a country that think because someone is poor or lazy in their eyes has no right to healthcare. Why does america look at something like people with terminal illnesses as a way to make profit? Why is it fair that someone born with asthma should be denied care? Logic hopefully will prevail. O pay an assload of taxes but at least i know if my wife or mother get breast cancer, they arent going to lose their house, savings etc. america is the only civilized country that does not believe in healthcare for everyone regardless of health issues they have had on the past. If anything people with pre existing conditions should get better healthcare. My grandfather died 2 months before i was born. My grandma had a heart condition and is now 99 years old. Since he passes she has had 3 heart attacks, a stroke, both hips replaced, and a broken leg. What would that cost her in rhe states with no coverage? Anyone? She is still able to live on her own in the country which would have never happened if she libed south of here.
And for your info eyedub. The youth coming up today in canada are anything but conservative. Take a look around you. Church membership is down. Conservative group memberships are lower than they were even 5 years ago. But what do i know. I only work in cultural research at a university.
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H.I.Mcdunnough
Nov. 27, 2012 at 3:51pmAwww…I’m sure that means alot to them.
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apexmoon
Nov. 27, 2012 at 3:51pmWe should tax them more.
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Unbelievable
Nov. 27, 2012 at 3:42pmAll I can say is… Congratulations on the great success each and everyone one of them has accomplished!
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