Executive Pay Cuts at Troubled Companies: Paying Back The Taxpayer

October 22nd, 2009 admin

Bye bye financial bailouts ? Cartoon frm MattFlies Executive Pay Cuts at Troubled Companies Are A-Comin’ Yeah that’s it. This is the kind of news I want to hear: finally, we’re getting the pay cuts that we all wanted for them and what they justly deserve. I’m talking about how the Obama administration is taking steps to get back some of the taxpayers’ …


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