“Execs like this are slitting the throat of Capitalism”
First, Anthem is a monster sized company so 30 or 40 salaries in excess of 1 million is no travesty. Second, these retreats are prizes for independent sales agents and a function of reducing costs by increasing market share. Blue Cross of CA, the evildoer in the current story line, is a for profit insurer kicking the crud out of the other two top three carriers in CA, Blue Shield and Kaiser...both of whom are non profits by the way.
I am not a cheerleader for Republicans. The fact is this looks bad to most Americans. You can either acknowledge this fact, or keep your heads in the sand. Having lavish retreats while you raise rates nearly 40% is not the right thing to do, no matter how you look at it.
And if you think WS execs deserved million dollar bonuses while they tanked their companies and then the economy, let’s just agree to disagree.