Obama Executive Pay

Obama Still Doesn't Get It

Simon Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Simon Johnson

This isn't a free market. It is rather one of the most complete instances ever of savvy businessmen capturing a state and the minds of the people who run it. Is this really what the president seeks to endorse?

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The $200,000 Insult: Come to Chicago

Dean Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dean Baker

Wall Street badly needs fixing. Fortunately we have the tool to do the job. It's called a financial transactions tax (FTT) - a modest tax on trades of stock, futures, options and other financial instruments.

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Excessive Compensation: Your Tax Dollars at Work

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Aaron Zelinsky

The Obama Administration recently announced pay limits for bailed-out CEOs. But unless the IRS changes its policies, taxpayers will continue to subsidize unreasonable compensation paid by publicly held corporations.

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Executive Compensation Overhaul Eyed By Obama Administration

Wall Street Journal | DEBORAH SOLOMON and DAMIAN PALETTA | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has begun serious talks about how it can change compensation practices across the financial-services industry, ...

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Sam Stein

Axelrod Defends Circumventing Executive Pay Caps: Don't Want To Create "Disincentives" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of President Barack Obama's closest advisers defended on Sunday moves to help executives at major banks avoid restrictions on lavish pay, saying t...

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Obama Plans Sweeping New Regulations Of Executive Pay

New York Times | STEPHEN LABATON | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama administration will call for increased oversight of executive pay at all banks, Wall Street firms and possibly other companies as part of a ...

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Executive Pay Caps Cut Out Of Stimulus Compromise: WaPo

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Congressional efforts to impose stringent restrictions on executive compensation appeared to be evaporating yesterday as House and Senate negotiators ...

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Obama Caps Executive Pay Tied To Bailout Money (SPEECH TRANSCRIPT)

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama imposed a $500,000 pay cap on some senior executives whose firms receive government financial rescue money, ...

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Obama Calls for Checks on Executive Pay

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.25.2011

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INDIANAPOLIS — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is demanding that company shareholders have a say in how much executives get paid ...

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