The Early News on Obama's Aviation Picks - Scary Mary returns to power?

[pipejockey]

The top 1% own 19% of the money and pay 40% of the taxes. The top 5% pay 60+% of the taxes. Are you referring to these 'selfish' folks?

Yes, you're darn right I am!! They can well afford to pay far more and still live beyond anything I can ever imagine. They need to pay the price for a life of such extravagance!

Why are you defending these pukes, these grabastic pieces of amphibian defecation? You look to be a crj captain, you are no where near 6 figures. news flash, you are POOR, just like me if you are trying to get by solely on a regional pay structure.

 

[pipejockey]

Did you know that, the average GP (General Practitioner) only makes about $120k a year PRE-tax, after clearing all their medical office expenses, including astronomical malpractice insurance?

Say it aint so!! ONLY 120,000?? Oh the humanity!! How do they pay for the necessities like food and clothing, a roof over their head, elec, prop. tax etc etc.

I am doing it for a fraction of that, out of necessity, because airline management doesn't see fit to pay me a fair wage.
Cry me a river Mr. 120 grand!!

 

[T3700]

"Yes, you're darn right I am!! They can well afford to pay far more and still live beyond anything I can ever imagine. They need to pay the price for a life of such extravagance!"

Wow! a genuine commie right here on Flight Info!

 

[pipejockey]

I don't call it being a commie, I call it fairness. Why do so many of you defend these vultures, that get rich off of the backs of labor, especially those of you in the airline business. Most of us have taken pay cuts amounting to well over 50% when adjusted for inflation, yet you keep spewing this garbage about how rough the rich already have it. What a crock! And I know most of you on this board are far far from rich, if you are flying aircraft for a living.

 

[Lear70]

Say it aint so!! ONLY 120,000?? Oh the humanity!! How do they pay for the necessities like food and clothing, a roof over their head, elec, prop. tax etc etc.

I am doing it for a fraction of that, out of necessity, because airline management doesn't see fit to pay me a fair wage.
Cry me a river Mr. 120 grand!!

Yes, $120,000, with the same bills you have, except...

They have anywhere from $250,000 to $300,000 in medical school student loans. The payments of which are approximately $2,000 to $2,500 a month.

So, Einstein, let's do the math:

$120,000 in the 33% income tax bracket puts their take-home pay at $80,000 a year, or $6,700 per month.

Minus a $2,000 student loan payment is a take-home of $4,700 per month.

Sound familiar? 'Cause that's just a few hundred more than what I have left over after my $75,000 a year in a 28% income tax bracket and my $250 a month student loan payment on a $30,000 remaining balance.

Doctors don't have it made like you want to believe. If you think so, get the hell out of aviation and take your whiny a$$ back to med school.

This whole "entitlement" mentality has got to stop. You get what you negotiate for, what you fight for, and what you work for. Quit complaining, Mary.

 

[T3700]

What makes you think you are entitled to another persons wealth? What one calls fairness, another calls theft. What you are saying is "If my neighbor makes a dollar more a year than I do, then by God, he should have that extra income redistributed and spread around"

 

[Herman Bloom]

Complete turn towards socialism, redistribution of wealth, doubling or tripling the number and payouts of government aid programs (yes, he's said that), socializing health care (which will rape the medical community

I think you'll see that Obama is basically a moderate when it comes to governance. If you actually knew the definition of "socialism", I suppose I could give you a bit more credit; but clearly you don't, so there's really no reason to belabor the point.

As for health care: his proposal does not even remotely approach -- in any way, shape, or form -- your so-called "socialized" model. Absolutely not. And even if it did, it would never get passed (unless, of course, the system truly collapses, which I suppose is a possibility, however unlikely).

Just because Sean Hannity calls him a "socialist" doesn't make it true.

 

[jayme]

Why didn't we see a big gain or a big loss in the stock market the days following the election (although, arguably, the market has been trending downward since then)? This one's important:

Because the market already forcasted Obama's victory and dropped thousands of points in the month leading up to the election.

I guess the oil market priced in an Obama victory too, right?

Go Obama!

Or maybe these things are MUCH more complex than that...

 

[Lear70]

I guess the oil market priced in an Obama victory too, right?

Go Obama!

Or maybe these things are MUCH more complex than that...

Yes, pretty much...

Oil took a dive long before the election,,, in the 45 days leading up to it actually, just like the rest of the market.

Yes, it's much more complex. They're planning on a prolonged recession, maybe even worse.

You should, too.

 

[FO 4 Life]

I don't call it being a commie, I call it fairness. Why do so many of you defend these vultures, that get rich off of the backs of labor, especially those of you in the airline business. Most of us have taken pay cuts amounting to well over 50% when adjusted for inflation, yet you keep spewing this garbage about how rough the rich already have it. What a crock! And I know most of you on this board are far far from rich, if you are flying aircraft for a living.

So what if you are the labor and make more than 250K? People who worked hard and happened to be in the right place to get where they're at are supposed to pay more because you haven't made it? I guess you're hoping the majors don't ever get pay raises back.