Kewp, you are leaving out a huge part of the equation. The business owners are the ones that manned up, took the risk, and put up the capital to fund the business. Regardless of the prevailing perception around here most business owners (including myself) work relentlessly, WAY harder then any employee you could hope to hire (14 hours a day is typical) and we often have employee’s who make more money then ourselves!
Have you ever owned a business? It takes huge balls to risk your life savings on a business. If the business fails the employees move on to another job whereas the owner can be left penniless. That brings me to the intent of this post.. it is about risk/reward. In my view the people that put it all on the line and bust their asses to keep people employed deserve the success they achieve.