But Mr Ghosn has a rough-and-ready strategy for dealing with this: he ignores them.

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For some people, non-voting becomes a form of protest to a system they feel ignores them.

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Accounting ignores these critical details while finance incorporates them by using cash flow metrics rather than earnings metrics and a cost of capital measure that reflects current interest rates plus a component for a company's overall riskiness.

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And because it helps them put food on the table (even if the media ignores it).

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What he ignores is that high incomes frequently disappear when Washington puts a bull's eye on them.

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