[Abbalon]

Timesink, you have hit the nail on the head. Corporate exectutives have been robbing companies blind with their golden parachutes.

[buckalfa]

You might also add that this type of behavor gives the GOP a black eye with the working class voters. Who is going to vote for a party that supports an economic stimulus package that is mostly tax breaks for corporations. The voters sincerely doubt that the tax breaks will be plowed back into investment, but suspect the dollars will go for personal gain of top management at the expense of the rank and file employees. It is being percieved that GOP equals greed.