[here_you_go]

Why?

Because

a) it's profitable, and

b) they can. That's all, really.

Excessive money (== power == domination of your peers) corrupts everybody. We don't need any new studies to prove this.

That's the sick part of our economic culture - the "natural" tendency of concentration of money/power (instead of spreading it as equally as possible).

[infinitone]

In other words... capitalism.

[flyinglizard]

Efficiency. Its not Tim Cook's or any middle manager's personal money, it's the money of the shareholders. Besides, overpaying drives all salaries up and can spark a wage war between companies that only benefits the employees.

[eli_gottlieb]

>Besides, overpaying drives all salaries up and can spark a wage war between companies that only benefits the employees.

Sounds like a great idea!