From Jim Hightower's blog, I learn that the highly-compensated officers of corporate America's fiefdoms have discovered a way to ease the pain of having to pay taxes on their company-furnished jet plane rides, country club memberships, and the like. They're passing the buck to the shareholders.

You got shareholders? Too bad for you 'cause now you gotta buy your own plane tickets, pay the government fees and the fuel surcharges yourself -- and, oh, yeah: if your job reimburses you, uh, there's nobody to double-dip for tax relief from. So you only get to not-quite-break even, instead of piling on additional monetary benefits. Read more…