Article: EDITORIAL: Enact wage freeze, caps thoughtfully.(Editorial)

Feb. 5--Anytime someone messes with someone's pay, that's serious business.

We saw efforts to do at both the federal and state levels on Wednesday -- one which was proper and one which is questionable.

President Barack Obama on Wednesday put a halt to a seemingly never-ending flow of cash to top executives from major banks that also stand there, hands out, asking for taxpayer dollars to bail them out.

Obama capped chief executives' salary at $500,000 on those companies that are receiving federal aid under the Troubled Assets Relief Program, or the initial $700 billion bailout bill approved last year by Congress. The move became necessary when a ...

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