Beyond The Fringes

Beyond the FringesPity the overcompensated superexecutive. As he gets up from lunch in his private dining room for a quick trip to the airport and then a long weekend at the company's Aspen condominium, he's as worried as a nonunion garbage man agonizing over how to make his $2.25 an hour meet the spectacular rise in the cost of living. He thought he was building a fortune in a pay plan that was relatively low on salary but high on such tax-sheltered supplements as deferred stock bonuses and opt...