It's a huge part of the reason most American corporations are in such trouble and cannot compete with foreign companies. Just look at Ford vs. Toyota. Ford lost 12.1 billion last year and compensated their CEO with 28.18 million... in just his first four months on the job. I have no stats on Toyota, but look how well they are doing against Ford and other American companies. What the hell happened that allowed ONE person to be worth that much? So much for profit sharing. I know my company just came out of bankruptcy, and our "great" leader will be seeing some nice bonuses while we all (not just the pilots) take pay cuts. Every time I see him I want to ask him how he justifies his worth.