"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Outrageous. And I just heard the CEO of a medical company has pulled down
more than a billion over several years in salary, options, and retirement
bennies.




It *is* outrageous, but who's to blame? These guys don't write their own
contracts.

Somebody negotiates them. The Board of Directors approve them. Who elects
the Board of Directors?
The stockholders. If a hot shot CEO can raise the value of the
stockholder's holdings, then ......


RCE