Reply #167: A person who generates sufficient value for money should be compensated

[jmowreader]

There's this little company out on the coast called the Seattle Mariners. They have an employee named Ichiro Suzuki. You might have seen him--little skinny guy.

If Ichiro, who seems to be the only competent employee of the company, did not work for the Seattle Mariners, they'd have to pay people to go to the ballpark. As it is, the only reason half the people in the stands and half the people in the home audience are there is to see Mr. Suzuki hit baseballs.

Mr. Suzuki enables the rest of the Mariners organization, the employees of all the outside companies that are dependent on the Mariners, and the employees of all the companies that supply the first two groups to live indoors and eat regularly. Therefore, I feel that Mr. Suzuki is worth every nickel of the $18 million they pay him.

OTOH, we have the fucker who's running AIG. That guy should be making about $75,000 a year.