You are attending the annual stockholders’ meeting of PIC Company. A fellow shareholder points out that the manager of PIC earned $100,000 last year, while the manager of a rival firm, CUP Enterprises, earned only $50,000. A motion is made to lower the salary of PIC’s manager. Given only this information, what should you do?

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You are attending the annual stockholders’ meeting of PIC Company. A fellow shareholder points out that the manager of PIC earned $100,000 last year, while the manager of a rival firm, CUP Enterprises, earned only $50,000. A motion is made to lower the salary of PIC’s manager. Given only this information, what should you do?

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