Hmmm. Let's see:
TOP US CEO COMPENSATION (as of 04/06)
Richard D Fairbank Capital One Financial $249.42M
Terry S Semel Yahoo $230.55M
Henry R Silverman Cendant $139.96M
Bruce Karatz KB Home $135.53M
Richard S Fuld Jr Lehman Bros Holdings $122.67M
PROPOSED COMPENSATION FOR MILITARY SERIVE CHIEFS
ADM Mullen: Chief of Naval Operations $167,000
GEN Moseley: Chief of Staff, USAF $167,000
GEN Hagee: Commandant, USMC $167,000
GEN Schoomaker: Chief of Staff, USA $167,000
ADM Allen: Commandant, USCG $167,000
So Philpot, what is a "fair" salary for these individuals who deal with the issues of national security, life and death, and freedom on a daily basis?
God, I wish he'd stop with the class envy crappola or just shut his pie-hole.
So what are we supposed to pay our civil servants? Of course nobody cares about the contractors either (the ones that provide continuity when the military personel rotates out everyother year).
"what is a "fair" salary for these individuals"
But they get someone to carry their tennis racket while wearing a gold braid.