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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> Capitalism is in a very backwards state now.  High salaries and benefits as
> are cited in the article are not often the results of how the company or its
> execs have preformed, but rather on how the investors HOPE he will perform 
> ... even if there is no basis for thinking so or thinking that the high 
> salary makes any difference in the situation.

Naturally I can't remember the source, but I read in the last year or three 
that top executives are, in fact, in short supply, and that directors of 
large companies are hard put to find individuals of great stature, who can 
command high attention, evaluate/fire/hire high-level vice presidents and 
managers, effectively deal with changing markets and supply chains, adapt 
to a ever-changing international playing field, hire and manage lobbyists, 
etc., etc., etc. Seems to me that large companies today are running scared. 
And they jolly well should be.