Most American citizens will never receive corporate stock options. However, it’s amazing how often the option-gadflies surface, spending big bucks to package themselves, as problem-solving candidates. I would like newspapers to report how many stock options Whitman, Poisner, and Fiorina have received, compared with options offered to their opponents, Brown and Boxer. In my opinion, the surplus money such options represent would be best spent on national health care and education.
This article appears in Feb 18-25, 2010.