[時事求是] 2009.04.01

[lifegetter (白浪)]

Beyond AIG: A bill to let Big Government set your salary
新法案授權大政府制訂員工薪水
3/31 DCexaminer.com By Byron York http://tinyurl.com/deapq6

It was nearly two weeks ago that the House of Representatives, acting in a
near-frenzy after the disclosure of bonuses paid to executives of AIG, passed
a bill that would impose a 90 percent retroactive tax on those bonuses.
Despite the overwhelming 328-93 vote, support for the measure began to
collapse almost immediately. Within days, the Obama White House backed away
from it, as did the Senate Democratic leadership. The bill stalled, and the
populist storm that spawned it seemed to pass.

兩星期前眾議院通過法案對AIG高級主管所收紅利回溯課徵90%稅。雖然這法案以絕大多數
（328-93）通過，對此法案的支持幾乎立刻消失。幾天內歐巴馬政府開始與此法案作切割
，參議院民主黨領袖也是如此。這個法案在參議院停頓不前，而「順從民意」的風暴也已
經過去了。

But now, in a little-noticed move, the House Financial Services Committee,
led by chairman Barney Frank, has approved a measure that would, in some key
ways, go beyond the most draconian features of the original AIG bill. The new
legislation, the "Pay for Performance Act of 2009," would impose government
controls on the pay of all employees -- not just top executives -- of
companies that have received a capital investment from the U.S. government.
It would, like the tax measure, be retroactive, changing the terms of
compensation agreements already in place. And it would give Treasury
Secretary Timothy Geithner extraordinary power to determine the pay of
thousands of employees of American companies.

但是沒多少人注意下，眾議院金融服務委員會（主席為巴尼。法蘭克）核准了一個比原先
的AIG法案還要嚴格的條款，基本上任何獲得政府紓困金的公司都要由政府管控其內所有
員工（不僅限高階主管）的薪資津貼。這條款同樣具回溯性，也就是說必須修改已與員工
簽訂的薪資津貼合約。這條款會賦予財政部長蓋特納極大的權力來決定美國公司數以千計
員工的薪資。

The purpose of the legislation is to "prohibit unreasonable and excessive
compensation and compensation not based on performance standards," according
to the bill's language. That includes regular pay, bonuses -- everything --
paid to employees of companies in whom the government has a capital stake,
including those that have received funds through the Troubled Assets Relief
Program, or TARP, as well as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

這條款的目的在於「禁止不合理、過度的薪資津貼與和績效不成比例的薪資津貼」。這薪
資津貼含公司付給員工的一般薪資、紅利等等──無所不包。受到影響的公司包括獲得政
府紓困金（TARP）的公司與二房。

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臺灣新聞沸沸揚揚報導了前面的肥貓法案，目前的發展可能會被忽略掉。
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※ 編輯: lifegetter      來自: 210.240.249.200      (04/01 19:36)
※ 編輯: lifegetter      來自: 210.240.249.200      (04/01 19:38)
推 Duarte: "near-frenzy" 沒翻到 :P
→ lifegetter:哈哈，沒翻到的多低內～ 盡力啦，真的沒時間細翻 XD
→ lifegetter:這一系列的新聞在點出美國逐漸偏向社會主義政府，但是
→ lifegetter:目前社會、經濟、生產制度依然是資本主義為主，在最佳
→ lifegetter:化之前會有一番龍爭虎鬥，結果應該會拖長復甦所需時間