[Len_A]

Originally Posted by Setec Astronomy

I think that could be applied to all the financial co's in the bailout, and tons of other companies too. The CEO of Lehman got grilled over it in front of Congress last month. I don't know why there isn't more outrage, really, unless people just can't comprehend how large these salaries are, or that they just inured to them from the salaries of sports and entertainment figures, considering the National median annual income is $40,690.

Even if you make $100K/year, and worked from when you were 20 to 70 years old, you'd only make $5 million over your lifetime, and virtually all of these CEO's make that in ONE YEAR. And those would be the lowest paid CEO's. Think about that for a minute...even if you make a very decent salary, these CEO's will make way more in one year than you will in YOUR ENTIRE LIFETIME. I used to think it was kind of justified when an athlete made 1 or 2 million in a year, because their career could be very short, but this executive compensation is just completely out of control.

You're 100% right - it is totally out of control. I wish I had the answer, but I don't.

And what puzzles me is all the "outrage" over what other middle class Americans make, and yet the same people shrug their shoulders when the subject of executive compensation comes up.