ù Quoting Bob Rudolph from a message to Ryan Bagueros  ù 
BR> What can I tell you - someone somewhere must think there's a return 
BR> on that  investment or it wouldn't get made.  Remember, the folks 
BR> spending that money  are responsible to stockholders - some of which 
BR> just might be thee and me.
Well, of course there is a return on the investment. So, somewhere, someone 
is 
actually getting *richer* by *giving away* $70 million dollars. Think about 
it.
And think about how long it would be until you could save even $1 million 
dollars. 
It might make yourself feel better that you could own a $50 share in a 
company,
and then they are "responsible" to you. But I can guarantee that unless you 
own
a substantial portion of the stock, you are nothing to them. 
BR> What I think of that price doesn't matter - the decision to spend the 
BR> money in  that case isn't mind.  I worry about where mine goes - 
BR> others are free to go  tohell in whatever way pleases them best.
Yes, but as an observation, this comparison is pretty revealing. The very 
fact 
that someone gets paid $4.25 an hour and someone else gets paid $50 million 
an 
hour is quite a disparity, wouldn't you say? Where does the minimum wager 
stand
on any issue with the rich one, be it a court of law, a business decision, 
etc.
I cannot see how it is any different than the age of monarchs. 
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