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[classicman]

Originally Posted by Redux

"it's equally troubling to have government telling shareholders how much they can pay the executives," said Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL).

Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) "... is this still America? Do we really tell people how to run [a business], and who to pay and how much to pay?"

Since you obviously disagree with this... Who determines how much an executive should make and based upon what? This is a free country still, isn't it?

Originally Posted by classicman

Since you obviously disagree with this... Who determines how much an executive should make and based upon what? This is a free country still, isn't it?

When it comes to accepting government (taxpayer) money in order to remain afloat (which was the context of those quotes), IMO, the government has a right to impose limits on compensation.