Big Pharma’s Highest Paid CEOs
Friday,May 23, 2008 Posted by: Shay Jones No Comments
Following is a list of the top salaries among Pharma CEOs. The data was gathered by Fierce Pharma. It is enough to make you furious — or is it? I also list some celebrities’ salaries. Are you furious about these salaries, or do you admire these people?
I was at a dinner party recently where my host declared that, “in America, no one should be allowed to make over $1 M per year?” Now I know those kind of ceilings exist in some socialist countries, but I think the America most of the readers of this blog want is not one with ceilings on salaries.
Nonetheless, money can mean power. And if we have a government which is big, bulky and has too much power, it is easier to corrupt with money. So we should fear a big government which can be bought by large salaries, not the salaries.
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