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[KeaauRich]

Snorkle, why is Costco's profit considered obscene??? To recap, its CEO makes about $5.5 million a year, but that's way less than most corporate CEO's (and, by the way, less than the CEO of HECO, HELCO's parent company). By all measures he earns his pay by running his company extremely well. Costco is widely viewed as a leader in corporate social responsibility. The company has a loyal customer base that believes the company offers high quality products at prices that offer good value. The company pays its employees well (According to Motley Fool, a Wal-Mart employee starts out at around $10 an hour, while a Costco employee starts out at around $11. A Wal-Mart employee makes about $12.50 after four years, while a Costco employee is bumped up to $19.50 after the same period of time. And according to Yahoo Finance: Wholesale retailer Costco pays its employees an average of nearly $21 per hour, about 65% higher than Wal-Mart). Its investors (both individual shareholders as well as the pension funds, insurance companies and other large investors) receive a good return on their investment.

So what's obscene?