He Just Doesn’t Get It

I was furious today to see Mitt Romney’s comments about Obama limiting executives pay who received federal bailout money.  Romney said it wasn’t the right of the government to set executive pay, it should be the decision of the shareholders and board of directors.

Wrong, Mitt.  Those companies have gotten taxpayer money from the federal government.  Until those companies pay us back, we ARE the shareholders.  We have the final say.  It’s downright criminal that a CEO makes $15 million and almost all of that comes from the taxpayer bailout money.  No Mitt, you’re wrong on this one.  The federal government absolutely has the right to limit that money.  It’s not business as usual with these companies.  They screwed up and they need our money to fix it, so we get to lay a few conditions down with that money.  You can absolutely live on $500,000 a year, so get over it and get back to paying the American people back.