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To: Johnny Canuck who wrote (48188)	7/1/2012 3:00:16 AM
From: Johnny Canuck	2 Recommendations Respond to of 70544

We talked a little about the growing sense of entitlement among some company executives and the lack of understanding that a healthy consumer that can actually afford the products that companies produce is necessary to keep an economy growing, it looks like that message is trickling out to the main stream press even if in a small form. Message 28232535 "But ingrained attitudes also play a big role. The American executive class has come to view low wages and salaries as a sort of entitlement. Benchmarking is all the rage in corporate America. When it comes to the salaries of high-ranking employees, companies are eager to race to the top. No firm wants a reputation as a place that lowballs its CEO, CFO, and general counsel. But when it comes to the salaries and wages of the rank and file, benchmarking companies are more than happy to be in the bottom quintile. "