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Re:When the Rich Said No to Getting Richer by harryh on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @10:42AM (#15175657)
In 2016 GE (for example) spent 5.5 billion on R&D. Their CEO Jeffrey Immelt made about 20 million.

I don't think a 0.363% increase in the R&D budget would make much of a difference.

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Re:When the Rich Said No to Getting Richer by waisbrot on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @11:07AM (#15175921)
So, if I could hire 20 researchers and spend $1m/year each on their salaries and equipment... your guess is that I would accomplish nothing?
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Re:When the Rich Said No to Getting Richer by topgunsarg on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @11:20AM (#15176072)
If you couldn't have managed that with $5.5Bn then why does an extra $20M help?
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