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Jewish World Review Dec. 9, 2008 / 12 Kislev 5769
Poll: Auto CEOs Not Worth $1 a Year
By Andy Borowitz
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Would Be ‘Overpaid,’ Survey Says
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The proposal by the CEOs of the Big Three automakers to work for $1 a year has gone
over like a lead balloon with taxpayers, a new survey shows, with a clear majority
believing that the car bosses do not deserve such a bloated salary.
The University of Minnesota/Opinion Research Institute poll released today shows
that 87% of those surveyed "strongly agree" with the statement, "If the CEOs of
General Motors, Ford and Chrysler earned $1 a year they would be egregiously
overpaid."
But according to the University of Minnesota's Davis Logsdon, the poll numbers do
contain some good news for the embattled CEOS: "While taxpayers do not want to pay
each of them $1 a year, there is a consensus that the three gentlemen deserve to
share a single $1 salary between them."
When asked how the three auto execs should divvy up their $1 payday, the poll
yielded interesting results: "People believe that the Ford guy and the Chrysler guy
should each get 45 cents and the GM should only get 10 cents, because the whole
Hummer thing was just retarded."