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and companies who can afford -- at labor's expense -- to hand out CEO retirement packages like this:
Twenty-One U.S. CEOs with Golden Parachutes of More Than $100 Million
(Source: GMI; "Largest Severance Packages of the Millennium"
General Electric-- John F. Welch Jr. -- 1981-2001 -- $417,361,902
Exxon Mobil Corp. -- Lee R. Raymond -- 1993-2005 -- $320,599,861
UnitedHealth Group Inc. -- William D. McGuire -- 1991-2006 -- $285,996,009
AT&T -- Edward E. Whitacre Jr. -- 1990-2007 -- $230,048,463
Home Depot Inc. -- Robert L. Nardelli -- 2000-2007 -- $223,290,123
North Fork Bank -- John A. Kanas -- 1977-2006 -- $214,300,000
Merck & Co., Inc./Schering-Plough -- Fred Hassan -- 2003-2009 -- $189,352,324
International Business Machines -- Louis V. Gerstner Jr. -- 1993-2002 -- $189,005,929
Pfizer Inc. -- Hank A. McKinnell Jr. -- 2001-2006 -- $188,329,553
CVS Caremark Corporation -- Thomas M. Ryan -- 1998-2011 -- $185,415,435
Gillette Co. -- James M. Kilts -- 2001-2005 -- $164,532,192
Target Corporation -- Robert J. Ulrich -- 1994-2008 -- $164,162,612
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. -- E. Stanley O’Neal -- 2002-2007 -- $161,500,000
U.S. Bancorp -- Jerry A. Grundhofer -- 2001-2006 -- $159,064,090
Omnicare, Inc. -- Joel F. Gemunder -- 2001-2010 -- $146,001,476
Wachovia/South Trust-- Wallace D. Malone Jr. -- 1981-2004 -- $125,292,818
United Technologies Corporation -- George A. L. David -- 1994-2008 -- $122,631,309
eBay Inc. -- Margaret C. Whitman -- 1998-2008 -- $120,427,360
WellPoint Health Networks-- Leonard Schaeffer -- 1992-2004 -- $119,041,000
XTO Energy Inc. -- Bob R. Simpson -- 1986-2008 -- $103,485,972
Viacom -- Thomas E. Freston -- 2006 -- $100,839,772
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/01/executive-pay-100-million-ceo-severance-packages
(Source: GMI; "Largest Severance Packages of the Millennium"
General Electric-- John F. Welch Jr. -- 1981-2001 -- $417,361,902
Exxon Mobil Corp. -- Lee R. Raymond -- 1993-2005 -- $320,599,861
UnitedHealth Group Inc. -- William D. McGuire -- 1991-2006 -- $285,996,009
AT&T -- Edward E. Whitacre Jr. -- 1990-2007 -- $230,048,463
Home Depot Inc. -- Robert L. Nardelli -- 2000-2007 -- $223,290,123
North Fork Bank -- John A. Kanas -- 1977-2006 -- $214,300,000
Merck & Co., Inc./Schering-Plough -- Fred Hassan -- 2003-2009 -- $189,352,324
International Business Machines -- Louis V. Gerstner Jr. -- 1993-2002 -- $189,005,929
Pfizer Inc. -- Hank A. McKinnell Jr. -- 2001-2006 -- $188,329,553
CVS Caremark Corporation -- Thomas M. Ryan -- 1998-2011 -- $185,415,435
Gillette Co. -- James M. Kilts -- 2001-2005 -- $164,532,192
Target Corporation -- Robert J. Ulrich -- 1994-2008 -- $164,162,612
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. -- E. Stanley O’Neal -- 2002-2007 -- $161,500,000
U.S. Bancorp -- Jerry A. Grundhofer -- 2001-2006 -- $159,064,090
Omnicare, Inc. -- Joel F. Gemunder -- 2001-2010 -- $146,001,476
Wachovia/South Trust-- Wallace D. Malone Jr. -- 1981-2004 -- $125,292,818
United Technologies Corporation -- George A. L. David -- 1994-2008 -- $122,631,309
eBay Inc. -- Margaret C. Whitman -- 1998-2008 -- $120,427,360
WellPoint Health Networks-- Leonard Schaeffer -- 1992-2004 -- $119,041,000
XTO Energy Inc. -- Bob R. Simpson -- 1986-2008 -- $103,485,972
Viacom -- Thomas E. Freston -- 2006 -- $100,839,772
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/01/executive-pay-100-million-ceo-severance-packages
Republicans are morally bankrupt.
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