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To: shrinkermd

Sorry, Thomas, but when Pfizer pays a departing CEO a $180 million bonus and the price of prescription drugs is so high people have to go out of the country to get them, someone's salary is too high.


51 posted on 12/29/2006 2:08:52 PM PST by gcruse (http://garycruse.blogspot.com/)
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To: gcruse
Speaking of Phizer and your talk of his bonus and the price of drugs, here is pretty fair analogy.

How about when Lee Raymond left Exxon/Mobil and people complained about his $400 million retirement package. People tried to tie this into the high price of gas. But as we should always do, but rarely do, someone ran the numbers.

If every penny was taken from Raymond and applied to reducing the price of gas at the pump, the price for Exxon/Mobil gas would have fallen LESS than ONE PENNY!

Now, I don't have access to nor do I know of any way to find out. But find out how many "pills" Phizer produces, along with "injections" and other devliery devices. Take that total number and lets see how much per unit you get vs. $180 million.

I suspect you will find that the number is less than 1 penny.

56 posted on 12/29/2006 2:30:23 PM PST by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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