Originally Posted by 17ACKLEYBEE
Originally Posted by Spanokopitas

A company can pay huge bonuses and high salaries while losing money if they have large reserves of cash and other assets without making a profit for some, maybe many years, depending on the amount of those reserves. How those reserves are spent is the decision of the board of directors. If it wants to piss it away on bonuses instead of putting it into plant and equipment so be it. No problem, but you might want to sell your stock (I would).

However, once those reserves are depleted and not replenished with profit the company goes bankrupt. This is a management issue not a Government issue and should be of no concern to anyone except the stockholders of that private company. In the normal course of events the company's stock would plummet and it would have difficulty raising capital because it doesn't have taxing power or a money printing press and it would cease to exist.


Fact is those bonuses should have to be voted on by the share holders not a bunch of back slapping good ole boys.


Those back-slapping goood ole boys were elected by the shareholders. If the shareholders don't like the results, they can vote in a different board of directors.


Keep your gun-hand ready and your eyes peeled.