I can’t help but wonder, when Barney Frank says that compensation restrictions might be extended to include all U.S. companies, is he talking about Hollywood? The NBA? The NFL? Aren’t these U.S. companies?
From the same article: “There’s deeply rooted anger on the part of the average American,” the Massachusetts Democrat said at a Washington news conference today.
I’ve seen and heard anger expressed at the oil companies, the banking industry, Walmart, and other “rich” people by other people who seem to think that the reason they themselves aren’t rich is because somebody else is. Funny thing though, I haven’t ever heard any anger expressed by these same people toward Hollywood actors who make millions of dollars for every movie they make.
I love movies. I don’t adore, love, or worship actors. I appreciate the talent that a few of them have, and enjoy the emotions they can inspire in me when I watch a really well-done movie. I don’t resent the fact that they make gazillions of dollars for pretending to be someone else, or as we use to call it when I was a kid, play-acting. I don’t resent professional atheletes for making the buckets of money they make. I may think it’s all a little out of balance, but that’s just the way it is.
So why aren’t libs, who are so angry at business execs for making lots of money, also mad at filthy rich movie stars?
I can’t wait to see what happens when Barney Frank decrees that Tom Hanks and Sean Penn can’t make more than $500,000 per movie.
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