Quote Originally Posted by mhall View Post
Fellas let's put away who got what out of who, blah blah blah, just for a moment. I don't know who's fault it is I'm not smart enough for that. All I am saying is if we are going to bail people out of the hole, CEO'S SHOULD NOT be walking away with millions of tax payers dollars and that is exactly what is happening. They have to legally disclose these figures for the public record and what these thieves are walking away with is past sinful. Forget about politics just for a bit and look at this for what it is, INSANE at best. The American taxpayer should be outraged, I know I am, it's sickening.
Mark, don't see how 'who got what out of who blah blah blah' can be put aside, since that's pretty much what it all usually comes down to.

I assume you're calling for government regulation to keep CEO's from walking away with millions while companies' employees are layed off and their retirement savings wrecked. If you want to forget about politics, how would you have us fix it? Armed rebellion?

I agree something needs to be done, I just don't know what. The federal government has already proven they can't manage our money, let alone properly regulate private interprise.

Maybe a simple new federal regulation saying the officers of a publicly traded company can only make up to X amount in salary including bonuses and stock/options. There is a minimum wage, maybe it's time for a maximum wage.

That sorta gives me the creeps though, I'm leery of the very notion of too much government involvement with companies, mandatory salary caps, etc.