I have a real problem with this. Essentially it's because in some ways the way companies work is broken. The amount executives are paid has essentially no link to how well a company performs. A companies answer to almost every situation seems to be "increase executive pay and bonuses".
In the end it essentially comes down to the fact that the executives and boards pretty much control their own pay and so predictably pay themselves absurd sums for no good reason.
Edit: In terms of healthcare systems - I don't see why Americans are so unwilling to look across to Europe for healthcare systems that are so much cheaper and that are really quite effective. Going to a completely laissez faire system is a system that (to my knowledge) has never been tried in the developed world and some of the problems in Americas fairly laissez faire system show the problems it could cause. For example USA has a disturbingly high rate of deaths that could be prevented with basic healthcare.
