>...My partner, being the CEO, would decide on my salary...
So to whom was your partner accountable?
Who decided on his salary?
Did he invest more [of this time/money/resources etc....) into the company than you?
The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can bribe the people with their own money.
- Alexis de Tocqueville
No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
– Mark Twain (1866)