Comments on: Profits, CEO paychecks up big time at U.S. companies http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/43882 The oldest political news site on the Internet Sat, 18 May 2013 02:13:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jon http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/43882/comment-page-1#comment-199319 Jon Sat, 26 May 2012 21:26:26 +0000 http://www.capitolhillblue.com/?p=43882#comment-199319 PS – A time of great profitability for companies sounds to me like a wonderful opportunity to raise the minimum wage.

Let’s see *that* idea go over like a lead balloon…

J.

]]> By: Jon http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/43882/comment-page-1#comment-199137 Jon Sat, 26 May 2012 02:07:03 +0000 http://www.capitolhillblue.com/?p=43882#comment-199137 A major problem in tying the CEO’s pay to the company’s profit is inspiring them to make very bad long-term decisions for a short-term profit – eg. ashcanning the entire R&D department.

Or even just cooking the books.

J.

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