Originally Posted by thepotato232

Sad thing is, they know the people they're making this pitch to sit on the boards of other publicly held companies or investment firms, and the incompetent dip**** making eight figures + options is their chirping canary in the coal mine. "If this visibly destructive infant can command this kind of salary, imagine what *I* can get away with!"

When the story of American industrial decline is written, these guys will look about as good as 18th-century Versailles courtiers.