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I think what is difficult about these types of situations is when a CEO is paid a high salary whilst employees struggle with budget cuts and bringing their own salaries in line with what they feel they should be making. This makes this a difficult question to answer because in some situations its OK and others, it is not. Let me share with you 2 examples from my own work experience.Nonprofit #1This was an international nonprofit organization with its headquarters located in Washington, DC. In 2004 when I worked there, The CEO was paid around $300,000 a year plus expenses for travel, etc. But, just one year after he took the helm (in 2003), assets for the nonprofit went from $248,820 to $27,591,411*. Staff was paid well and I never had any problems getting funds that I needed included in my program budget. He ate lunch with the employees and had an open door policy which made him accessible to any level of staff. Under his leadership, assets for this nonprofit have grown to $38,727,453 and programming has expanded. As of their last 990 filing and he's now compensated to the tune of $500,000 in total salary and benefits package. Compare that with -Nonprofit #2This organization is a local nonprofit providing services to 4 counties in Central Ohio. In 2008* the CEO made $260,006. At the same time, program budgets were being cut and employees laid off for lack of funds. Employees were making well below the salaries of other organizations in the same area. The CEO did not make himself available to the employees and many staff were buying basic supplies (such as printers) themselves so that they could do basic work.Nonprofit #1 CEO making over $200,000 a year ethical and efficient? I would say yes. That organization is thriving, expanding services, and the employees are compensated fairly and treated well. I would not say the same about nonprofit #2.*Note - I don't want to disclose publicly which organizations these were for personal reasons (I still have connections to them), but all of the information stated here was pulled from their publicly available 990 tax forms which you can find at http://foundationcenter.org/findfunders/990finder/. If you are interested in finding out more, please contact me privately.I do apologize for not being able to use the same years to compare them. Another reason I find Nonprofit #1 more ethical is that they are very transparent in their financials and I can find out any detail from any year that is published. #2 however, hasn't listed individual compensation for their highest paid executives since 2008. Instead they group the 5 highest together and give a total.

With the hyper-polarization of politics today, you’ll have a hard time finding a Democrat who will be able to pick a “best” Republican without also insulting the person — in fact you find it in many of the comments here. What I think is needed, for this answer, is a focus on a person’s actual, specific political positions and history. I find little of that here.Philosophical and policy considerations would make it hard for a Democrat to back most Republicans (and vice versa), at least wholeheartedly. This is especially the case among the progressive wing. I am more a “moderate” Democrat, so take that into consideration.I could be reasonably happy with a moderate Republican that my party could actually work with if ever we get past this terrible tribalism that infects us now. People have mentioned several possibilities: Huntsman, Collins, Snowe, Romney, McCain. But I want to focus on one person who might actually be a Presidential candidate in the future: John Kasich.There are problems with Kasich, from my point of view. The most important one is his uncompromising opposition to abortion and his work in Ohio to defund Planned Parenthood. I not as much a pro-choicer as most Democrats, not when one gets into the last trimester of a pregnancy, but Kasich has long opposed all abortions except in the rape/incest/women’s life categories, and he has signed a number of anti-abortion bills into law as governor of Ohio. The “upside” is that as a President, he would not be in a position to enact state laws — where abortion issues come from, so though I would simply have to oppose him on that score, I think it could be worked around with him in the Oval Office.He has worked with Ralph Nader on corporate tax loopholes; with Ron Dellums (D, OH) on anti-apartheid legislation; on deficit reduction with Democrat Tim Penny, which would have included means-testing for Medicare (which I think is desperately needed). He proposed a market-based health-care bill in 1993, with an individual mandate, that would have led to universal coverage by about 2005. He has targeted Pentagon weapons programs that he considered wasteful. He voted in favor of NAFTA. He was a Republican leader in the drive to pass Bill Clinton’s Federal Assault Weapons ban (the NRA then gave him an “F” rating). He introduced the welfare-reform legislation that Clinton signed into law, He was the “chief architect” of the Balanced Budget Bill of 1997.Kasich is a person one could work with on reducing carbon emissions—he’s not a global warming denier. He has signed legislation to protect water quality in Lake Erie, particularly from manure and fertilizer runoff. He developed an advisory board to investigate police shootings of civilians in Ohio and to recommend ways of addressing the problem. He has has signed legislation reducing the number of mandatory minimum sentences. During his run for the Presidency, he said that he was disappointed over the Supreme Court decision in the Obergefell case on same-sex marriage, but also said that it was settled and that people should move on to other issues—and he also has attended a friend’s same-sex wedding.He has worked with Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper (Colo.) on a health care reform bill, and there were media reports that they discussed forming an anti-Trump ticket, with Kasich the Presidential candidate and Hickenlooper the Vice Presidential candidate.The overall picture is mixed and nuanced, as it is with most politicians. People can find things on the other side. Many would point to his opposition to state employee unions (I have mixed opinions on that). I have had to be brief here to keep everyone’s eyes from glazing over completely. The point is, Kasich is a person whom I think Democrats could work with, whose positions are not all antithetical to the Democrats’ vision, who actually has a history of working with Democrats and other Center-Left people. So, yes, I would probably pick John Kasich if I had to pick a Republican for President.

C.J. Heck is a gypsy. She likes to move around a lot.She has lived in a bunch of different states, which I can't keep track of, although California and Ohio stand out in my mind because my husband and I have also lived there.I believe she was a flight attendant at one time. We used to call them “stewardesses” back then.The lady has an entire football team's worth of grandchildren! That's eleven for those of you not familiar with the game. There are probably more by now. Who can keep track?I'd hate to be the person standing behind C.J. in a holiday checkout line at the supermarket. I can't imagine how many carts full of food it would take to feed that army.I remember reading sad stories about her young husband paying the ultimate price for serving his country during the Vietnam war.I remember reading the funny ones, too; I know she realizes that arachnids don't really bark, but that's the joke (and I get it—wink, wink).C.J. is an author and has written a bunch of children's books!I love children's books and have a large collection in my library. I hope I can get her to autograph mine one day. I'd display it proudly next to my signed Dr. Seuss (a place of honor).There was a period when C.J. wasn't writing on Quora. I missed her. I don't know if it was because she was travelling or not, but suspect she was off having adventures in one form or another.She loves animals and music. She is artistic and creative. She knows how to stick to a budget and has some pretty creative tips to living large on a fixed budget.She likes the smell of rain, but I’m not sure if she likes the cold.She has a lot of friends, not just here on Quora, but lifelong friends as well.That says a lot about the quality of a person right there.