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S im ilarly, w hile av er G ood n ew s, age w orkers are trying to p e o p le : A m e ric a 's decide how to spend those w ages are up — the ex tra five dim es, a nickel, a v e ra g e w o rk e r is and three pennies they're m aking m ore today getting each w eek, y o u r than a y ear ago! H ow a v erag e c h ie f e x e c u tiv e m uch m ore, you ask? G et ready o fficer is w allow ing in an ex tra to be excited: 58 cents a w eek. $ 8 6 0 ,(XX) per year. O f course, averages don't tell T h at'sju st the increase in th eir the w hole story. bonuses. It doesn't include th eir E c o n o m is t J o h n K e n n e th multimillion-dollar salaries, which G albraith explained the problem are also up. N or does it include o f averages w ith a story about a their golden pensions, free health six-foot tall m an w ho drow ned care, lim ousines, o r corporate w hen w ading across a stream jets. w ith an average depth o f three As you m ight im agine, m any by ^lortiaub ODbsemet Established 1970 USPS 959-680 4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211 Charles H. Washington EniroR.Michael L eighton D istr ibu tio n M anager : M ark W ashington C reative D irector : P aul N e u feld t E ditor -I n -C h ief , P ublisher : P ostmaster : Send address changes to Portland Observer, PO Box 3 1 3 7 , Portland, OR9 7 2 0 8 corp o rate ch ieftain s did m uch b etter than average in th eir b o nus checks. T ake R obert Iger o f W alt D isney, Inc. He pocketed a bonus o f $ 13.5 m illion in 2010, a 45 percen t boost from one y ear earlier. W e ll, e x p la in e d his p u b lic re la tio n s a g e n t, b o n u se s p ro v id e in c e n tiv e s fo r e x c e lle n t e x e c u tiv e p e rfo rm a n c e , a n d Ig er d e se rv e s his ric h e s th is y e a r b e c a u se D isn e y 's la test a n n u al p ro fits are up by 24 p e rc e n t. S w ell, b u t w hy is his in c re a se d o u b le the in c re a se in p ro fits ? A n d , by the w ay , if his a n n u a l sa la ry is $2 m illio n — w h y d o e s he n eed an y e x tra in c e n tiv e to d o h is jo b ? O ne m ore question: D oes Iger really think that he alone p ro d u ced D isney's rise in profits? N o tice th a t the a n im a to rs, p e rfo rm e rs , an d o th e r h a rd w o rk in g e m p lo y e e s at D isn ey W o rld an d D isn e y S tu d io s g o t no 45 p e rc e n t in c re a se in th e ir p ay . N o one goes to D isney W orld to see R obert Iger. If he w ants bonus m oney, tell him to put on a M ickey M ouse costum e in the w ilting heat o f F lorida's sum m er and earn it. dim Hightower is a radio commentator, writer, and pub lic speaker The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. Manuscripts and photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed envelope. All created design display ads become the sole property of the newspaper and cannot be used in other publications or personal usage without the written consent of the general manager, unless the client has purchased the composition of such ad. © 2008 THE PORTLAND OBSERVER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITHOUT PERMISSION IS PROHIBITED. 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