So, how much does Reed make that he is afraid of a $1 Mil cap on executive earnings? And what does his philanthropic acts have to do with the rest of the story? I don't quite get the purpsoe of this editorial. Should we start the canonization process now? He is a geat sould who wants a monopoly on the video rental business.

Hastings isn't inviting the government to take half his salary. If that were the case, he could just write a check to the treasury. He's asking the government to take earnings from someone *else*. That's typical socialist "philanthropy". It's pure evil, and I'm not buying.

It is these types of suggestions from people like Reed Hastings, that made me lower my standards in creating wealth. For a long time, I wanted to be a billionaire, but decided to lower my dreams and shoot for being a multi-millionaire, because I cannot stand the socialist mentality that America is moving towards to.

I have been struggling since freakin' 1994 to grow a profitable business model; but because of lack of funds and support, I have not been able to generate the growth for my businesses.

One day I will make it, because I want some of the proceeds from my wealth to create two foundations in my parents name (my mom died of cancer and my father has Alzheimer's).

People do not see the long journey, that folks take to create their wealth. They just sit back and criticize because the do not want to take the journey themselves. I refuse to create billions of dollars and then have the government take it from me, because other folks were to freakin' lazy to do the job themselves!

Had to be said, had to!

I am tired of Reed Hasting who imagine himself is a hero in the movie rental business, tired of his B.S. and PR Games. The man is evil.

Reed speaks the truth and his heart is in the right place. What he's saying is that true achievers, such as himself, are not motivated by money but by their accomplishments. They will do what they do regardless of whether there is further monetary gain. After a certain point it is just a game. Warren Buffett has been saying for years that the rich are not taxed at a high enough level. Buffett has pointed out the unfairness of a janitor's earnings, the result of actually working, being taxed at a higher rate than the money earned via the capital gains of the wealthy (and, of course, this money is additionally not subject to FICA and Medicare taxation). The highest marginal tax rate is only 35%, a fraction of the highest marginal tax rate of 91%, and the wealthy still complain that they pay too much in taxes. They are going to complain anyways, so we might as well set rates at a high enough level to cover the nation's expenses.