Cut Backs?

I am sitting here listening to all people we call "experts" talk about the needed cut backs for high profile employees in order to make salary room to higher additional workers. The argument is that the people in high positions make more which is crippling the economy as we know it. Let me start by saying when did the US become a fucking communist country. Who the hell are we to decide who makes what and how much that it is? This makes no sense to me. I understand that there are a lot of corporate types out there with big windows sitting on the 44th floor of some glass skyscraper somewhere......I get this. Here is my question and how the situation needs to be evaluated, what got them there. I think what got someone to where they are today, what they are doing in there position and what their plans for the future are should be the main components in decided that someone makes to much. We as Americans all have the expectation (don't lie if you day you don't your full of shit) that the harder we work the more we will be rewarded. Here is where I have an issue and if I am wrong please correct me. If you get into your position because you are damn good at what you do and have put in the time to get there...... you have earned your wages. Yes some people make a ridicules amount of money......wouldn't it be nice if we all did. A lot of these people who make ridicules money don't seem to do shit at work (you might have one sitting between your monitor and your chair right now). But what if the ones that actually are working there ass off and understand there business are let off their cooperate leaches so that 2 rookies who don't understand anything with the business have a job.

My fear that is int he attempt to get rid of Americas top preforming corporate "suits" businesses will become crippled without adequate leadership from people that understand the business. I do agree that there are plenty of unqualified people out there for the positions that they are in however. So I have created a rating system:

1. If your business is making gains in revenue than you get a checkmark
2. If your the business professional that everyone goes to with questions because you have the answers another checkmark
3. You know your employees and what motivates them to do there jobs (checkmark)
4. If you are willing to work for a $1 for a year and not get a bonus if your business is successful (remove a checkmark cause your a poser and an idiot on top of it)
5. If you got to where you are simply because you have worked your ass off and made your way through the ranks (checkmark)

If anyone wants to add to this list feel free. Here is the idea, you are looking for 3 out of 5 here. Now that doesn't necessarily mean that you are the person for the job, but its a step in the right direction.

So I am realizing now that I am getting a little off topic. The people who are "analizing" the data and making the determination that high profile exects are the ones that need to be cut are missing a key factor. Most executives will cut the bloated salaries of there managment and low level employees and use that money to give themselves a raise. Its business 1 0 1. Keep production up while working with less headcount = a bonus for making your company more efficient.

So what about those middle men in this situation. Should employees be the ones suffering in all of this? I would think not. I think that at the rate things are going we may actually create a bigger problem. Here is the scenario that I will leave you with; an employee is at the top of there game and working it through the ranks when they then realize that there future advancement could actually cause them to become unemployed over time. This is something that I have seen myself so I know this happens no matter how outlandish it may seem.

Are we creating lazy/unproductive employees in the attempt to save a couple dollars?