Linking Executive Pay to Performance

With all of the public outcry against executive compensation and irresponsible corporate behavior, April Fool's Day seems like the perfect day for offering solutions. My solution is to link executive pay to lottery ticket sales. Employees often have a good sense of when things are amiss. I've actually observed the formation of lottery ticket pools at work when things aren't going well. Large employers with cafeterias on the premises could add lottery ticket dispensers. When the employees are paying for their lunches, they could add a lottery ticket to their purchases. Executive compensation should be inversely proportionate to lottery ticket purchases. When sales are up, the workers realize that something is amiss and are desperate for a way out - no matter how improbable. After all, you can't fool all of the employees all of the time.