<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6097708507772553366.post1364362211039726105..comments</id><updated>2009-02-27T22:22:44.164-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on David Carlson Politics: Keep the government out of the CEO's pockets!</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.davidcarlsonpolitics.com/feeds/1364362211039726105/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6097708507772553366/1364362211039726105/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.davidcarlsonpolitics.com/2009/02/keep-government-out-of-ceos-pockets.html'/><author><name>DC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17984105035100069759</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6097708507772553366.post-2745520378038403899</id><published>2009-02-27T22:16:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T22:16:00.000-06:00</updated><title type='text'>The thing that seems to get missed is that these e...</title><content type='html'>The thing that seems to get missed is that these execs that are being paid well are extremely talented.  If the government decides they can only make 500k per year (as opposed to the 10 mil. or more they were making), they'll simply go somewhere else.  If a large corp is willing to pay them 10 mil. it is quite likely another business is willing to pay them more than 500k to do the job for them.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So, all the cap guarantees is that the failing companies won't have the best talent running the program.  That doesn't seem like a good idea for a large corporation that is already in trouble...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6097708507772553366/1364362211039726105/comments/default/2745520378038403899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6097708507772553366/1364362211039726105/comments/default/2745520378038403899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.davidcarlsonpolitics.com/2009/02/keep-government-out-of-ceos-pockets.html?showComment=1235794560000#c2745520378038403899' title=''/><author><name>jpberthiaume</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05061065567158603981</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.davidcarlsonpolitics.com/2009/02/keep-government-out-of-ceos-pockets.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6097708507772553366.post-1364362211039726105' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6097708507772553366/posts/default/1364362211039726105' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>