Response from: Anita Campbell

Hi Leon, To me the bigger issue is the AMOUNT of executive compensation. We've passed the bounds of reason to the point that some of these pay packages now shock the conscience. I used to be in the corporate world and I can tell you that no corporate executive is worth $60 million -- I don't care how good they are. One person can make a big difference in business performance -- but not that big. Just think of the bigger impact to the company's bottom line if they'd give up those outrageous pay packages. then, they'd be contributing something worthwhile. The gap between the average employee and those making these big pay packages has gotten skewed completely out of whack. It reminds me of that scene in the Mel Brooks movie Spaceballs, where they are going from hyper speed, past ridiculous speed, to ludicrous speed. That's what corporate pay packages have done -- they've passed ridiculous and are now at ludicrous. Best,
Anita