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Government Control Over Compensation?

Posted August 01, 2009 7:27 AM

The UK and U.S. are wrestling with how involved the national government should be in policing some executive compensation. The practicality of shareholder control is called into question because of the potential of business decisions being marginalized. Too often, management considers shareholder directives to be advisory. The U.S. financial institution compensation bill allows regulators to obtain incentive program information and rule on whether there is a risk to the financial system's stability. This still leaves the question: Who best rules on an individual's pay? Should shareholders or governments determine the size and structure of executive compensation?

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Re: Government Control Over Compensation?

10/05/2009 10:18 AM

Shareholders should determine the structure of executive compensation package and the governments should stay out of it completely.

In this day and age there are many companies facing losses. Our business is operating at a loss for this year. We are all working much harder to minimize this loss than we were the years we were profitable. I believe that holds true in most cases. If someone works their tail off to turn a potentially catastrophic loss into a loss that can be absorbed, who's to say they didn't earn an incentive?

BTW; Oprah made $250 Million last year. Can you say 'Outrageous Compensation'?

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