How about some overtime for Billionaires?
As new overtime rules from the Bush administration went into effect this week, some whiners were protesting outside the Department of Labor in Washington: "Come on all you billionaires, give us wages that are fair." Well, as a Billionaire, I'd like to talk about fair wages for a moment. Busting unions, fixing accounting numbers and covering up environmental accidents often requires me to work late- sometimes as late as 5:30pm. Is it fair that I receive no overtime pay, despite the fact that I save investors untold amounts of money through these selfless acts? Of course not. Frankly, if CEOs such as myself don't receive overtime, neither should anyone who works for a CEO. We finally have a President that understands that everyone has a duty to boost the bottom line, and that sometimes that means working long hours for free.

- posted by Owen Dwight Howse @ 5:34:52 PM