Raytheon CEO Rewarded

And it's all TAXPAYER DOLLARS in service to an EMPIRE that is based on WAR-MONGERING LIES!! Hope you got your money's worth, Amurkn, as you contemplate lost jobs, homes, and reduced wages.

"Raytheon CEO's pay package topped $15.8m" by Associated Press | April 25, 2009

WASHINGTON - The compensation for Raytheon Co.'s chief executive rose 6 percent during 2008, according to a regulatory filing yesterday of the nation's fifth-largest defense contractor.

William Swanson received a pay package worth $15.86 million, according to an analysis by the Associated Press of the Waltham, Mass.-based company's proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Swanson's 2007 compensation totaled $14.96 million. The pay included a base salary of $1.33 million, about $99,000 higher than the year earlier.

Swanson received no bonus, but was awarded $3 million in incentive pay. He also received $491,000 worth of perks that included use of the company jet and a Raytheon-leased car, home security services, and travel costs for his wife to attend Raytheon-related events at the company's request....

Yup, and YOU PAID for it ALL, taxpayers!!!!!

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