--- "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Now, onto rediculous spending in the corporate
> world.
>
> In the last few years, the top management of large
> companies in The
> Netherlands have received an awful lot of criticism
> because of the
> outrageous annual pay raises they give themselves.
> Those managers' salaries
> are already measured in millions of guilders, but
> raises of 20%, 30%, or in
> the case of ABN-AMRO (a major bank) even almost 50%
> (!) happen every year.
> At the same time, these same managers call in unison
> "we can't afford that"
> or "that would hurt the economy" when the unions
> want a mere 3-4% raise for
> the workers.
>
>
I'd think that these sort of abuses can be cut back if
your government and people embrace private industry
and understand it better instead of saying 'eew,
capitalism!' Though I suspect that's happening
already.
dean
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