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Re:Let’s Be Less Productive by eru on Monday May 28, 2012 @10:20AM (#4033435)
> By which I mean, write a law that says the top compensated individual in any company can only be compensated so many times the bottom.

That wouldn't work that well. Companies would just split along payment levels, then. I.e. either outsource the peons, or take the CEO on loan from McKinsey.

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Re:Let’s Be Less Productive by dbingham on Monday May 28, 2012 @10:39AM (#4033529)
Good point, you'd have to link it with some sort of law with respect to ownership stakes and control.
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Re:Let’s Be Less Productive by eru on Monday May 28, 2012 @12:20PM (#4033972)
Seems more like a boon to lawyers to me than anything else.
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