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Originally posted by sickofitall2012
I am scared this type of move sets precedence for capping our salaries eventually.
Originally posted by skeptic1
reply to post by jdub297
No one is too big to fail.....but, we fell into the trap of thinking that all of these companies and banks were TOO big. They failed with their money....do we want to them to fail with ours, too?
Originally posted by skeptic1
Another story on this....
Source
Compensation experts in the private sector have warned that such an intrusion into the internal decisions of financial institutions could discourage participation in the rescue program and slow down the financial sector's recovery.
Under Obama's plan, companies that want to pay their executives more than $500,000 will have to do so through stocks that cannot be sold until the companies pay back the money they borrow from the government.
Originally posted by jam321
I found the loophole.
What is to stop companies from paying CEO's with stocks incentives from other companies?