Het officiele PVDA-standpunt zoals verwoord door Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven dat het geld eerst verdiend moet worden voordat de lusten kunnen worden verdeeld. Het enige verschil is dat ditmaal een bankster het zegt.
'Public must learn to 'tolerate the inequality' of bonuses, says Goldman Sachs vice-chairman
Bankers' soaring pay is an investment in the economy, Lord Griffiths tells public meeting on City morality
Kathryn Hopkins
guardian.co.uk,
Conservative peer Lord Griffiths said banks should not be ashamed of rewarding staff. Photograph: Rex Features
One of the City's leading figures has suggested that inequality created by bankers' huge salaries is a price worth paying for greater prosperity.
In remarks that will fuel the row around excessive pay, Lord Griffiths, vice-chairman of Goldman Sachs International and a former adviser to Margaret Thatcher, said banks should not be ashamed of rewarding their staff.
Speaking to an audience at St Paul's Cathedral in London about morality in the marketplace last night, Griffiths said the British public should "tolerate the inequality as a way to achieve greater prosperity for all".
Lees verder: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/oct/21/executive-pay-bonuses-goldmansachs
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