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All the luxuries that Moore is enjoying right now, from the perspective of Time Warner, are part of Moore's compensation package. A compensation package is comprised of two parts a cash component, which is taxed, and a service component, which is not taxed. Both parties beneft, Time Warner pays Mike less and Moore bellies up to the trough. A quick example with made up numbers: if Moore paid for the private jet and good food, it would cost him 30,000 dollars, however, he has to make 40,000 first so he can have 30,000 after taxes. This is also why some employers pay for employee health care. The ultimate point being: it is cheaper to pay for the service, then to pay the employee in dollars that are then taxed to pay for the same service.
This brings up another question. If Moore does not want the trough, and is only opportunisticall spounging off of Time Warner, why, does he not insist that instead of wasting the money on him, the company should disperse it in the form of an additional dividend to their stock holders. After all, more than 50% of Americans own stock! Moore claims to be a man of the people, he should ask that the money be given to the shareholders.
If this is not acceptable, then, as a man of the people and member of the highest tax bracket, Time Warner should just give the money to him so that through taxation, the government can be funded, and little Jimmy can learn to read.
The point of this absurdity is that Moore has chosen to live this lifestyle. He says that he would never pay for it, implying that it has no value to him, but, he is still consuming it! He has chosen to suckle from the corporate tit and in doing so enjoys the same "excesses" of the men he railed against.
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