Executive compensation

“I don’t get too worked up about this one way or another. Once the government is a part owner of these companies, it is perfectly reasonable to expect them to dabble with things like compensation policy, and no surprise that focus of such dabbling would fall on whatever particular hobby horses the party in power seem to obsess about. Which is reason #4097 why government shouldn’t be bailing these guys out.” Coyote Blog When are we going to cap Congress? Didn't they just give themselves a $93,000 raise that wasn't called a raise. When does the Secretary of Treasury get the same rules as the rest of us. How can a guy who plans to spend a trillion dollars of our tax money to wage a war against our economy with pork and pay-offs complain about a CEOs salary?

What has she done to deserve this?

Joyce Beatty lives in Columbus, OH and was elected to represent the 27th district (Ohio) in 1999. Now she’s landed a real cushy position at Ohio State for $320,000! My, not once did I meet anyone at Ohio State who was worth that--not even the president of the university. Of course, I retired in 2000, and now President Gee is the highest paid public college president in the country.

"Ohio State pays 154 employees at least $250,000 a year, with university president E. Gordon Gee topping the list at $775,000 a year," transparency center director Mike Maurer said. Mr. Gee's total annual pay package, between $1.6 million to $2 million, makes him the highest paid public university president in the nation, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education and the Columbus Dispatch.

From the Buckeye Institute via an OSU student blogger, .Justin Higgins

Corporate executives and directors of Fannie Mae

Look how much they earned to screw up your retirement accounts. Click on each name. Some are on more than one board. You can check on their donations--Linda K. Knight, one I just chose at random--has made two $500 donations to Obama and one $500 donation to Chris Dodd.