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Why Are Natural Gas Producers Expanding Production So Aggressively?

Thanks, happycajun, for some further explanations.
Still, the board of Chesapeake is all to similar to other troughs-of-directors in US corporations. They are connected, interlocking, an ingrown obscenely overpaid group and have no special insight or expertise in the business. Look at GM.
The system rewards the haves at all costs. Even I see the dice are loaded towards their short-term bonuses regardless of long-term risks assumed and resultant debacles.
They have circled the wagons. They control the public "green shoots" discourse via MSM and sold-out politicians. The $trillions of bailouts are not to reward the unique successes of the "1 in a million talents that run the US public troughs... er, public corporations." Except for their lobbying power and crony status.

10 Highest Paid CEOs for 2008: Unbelievable

Overpaying the failed leadership that is now grabbing our kid's futures for themselves as well has gone on too long. The idea that market forces drove these people's payscales because they are so good is fully debunked. The system needs fixing. It is clear they, in aggregate, gamed the system to reward themselves, throw crumbs to the middle class in inflated asset prices and easy credit to mask middle class pay deterioration and now, grab not just from their companies but from the taxpayers. This is becoming the divine right of kings.