Here is a link.

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Jun 24, 2017
4:26:15pm

Baron All-American

Here is a link.

I was slightly off on the timing.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/11/business/seattle-ceo-who-promised-70000-salaries-wins-suit-filed-by-brother.html

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Baron

Previous username: jarocho
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Author

Time

CEO who decided to pay workers $70k minimum

TNT

6/24/17 12:53pm

not sure where people get their strange socialistic economics, that never work

Nat Gas Man

6/24/17 12:59pm

CB is pretty conservative

TNT

6/24/17 1:00pm

It takes some mental gymnastics that's for sure

Cashmeousside

6/24/17 1:08pm

His actions aren't socialistic. It may not be good business but it

Baron

6/24/17 1:42pm

I actually agree with Baron on this. As The owner the dude can pay people

BoiseBlue

6/24/17 2:27pm

That video is from Aug 2015. At the time it wasn't accurate, and continues not to be.

mik3

6/24/17 1:37pm

Ugh. TNT is tired of his slow internet

TNT

6/24/17 1:39pm

I don't understand why people are so anxious to see him fail. It seems that a

shakinbaker

6/24/17 2:08pm

I'm assuming because it's the opposite of what a lot of people push for.

rtNelson

6/24/17 2:48pm

Trick-down economics:Obamacare::laissez-faire:ACA

Blue Plate Special

6/24/17 6:42pm

I am not super educated on economics as a whole, but a basic understanding...

rtNelson

6/24/17 6:56pm

note that some/much of the change in the difference between executives and average workers has to do with the size of

HarlemCoug

6/24/17 7:06pm

That would be an interesting statistic.

Blue Plate Special

6/24/17 7:09pm

I think you're argument was understandable, I worry I came across adversarially, which I didn't mean to be.

Blue Plate Special

6/24/17 7:07pm

Probably because they feel like they have something to lose

TNT

6/24/17 2:51pm

I think it's great.

thebruce

6/24/17 3:04pm

As others have mentioned, I think it threatens weird non-economically held beliefs that are confused for economics.

Blue Plate Special

6/24/17 6:45pm

there is much more to this story. The CEO is in a lawsuit with his brother and was in the lawsuit before the raise in

HarlemCoug

6/24/17 3:26pm

Woah

TNT

6/24/17 3:36pm

The suit was after the move to pay everyone more.

Baron

6/24/17 3:45pm

"Some media reports have speculated that Dan's $70,000 policy of 2015 was motivated not by

HarlemCoug

6/24/17 4:15pm

I read somewhere he told his brother about and disagree and prepared the suit.

Baron

6/24/17 4:23pm

Here is a link.

Baron

6/24/17 4:26pm

Of course. No one ups and pays a secretary 2x market or more out of the kindness of their heart.

mulletino

6/24/17 3:46pm

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East1999

6/24/17 5:56pm

I feel slighted. Oh the pain.

mulletino

6/24/17 6:57pm

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