The scale is irrelevant. This is about a complex web of social taboos and power dynamics we've been taught to accept.

The CEO is a member of "private industry", conducting business we're told we have no right or power to question. They are answerable only to some nebulous "market forces".

The person who receives a "free meal" does so at the "expense" of the ever lauded "honest taxpayer". We're taught that somehow, despite the fact that we can't understand all the details of redistributive policy or a person's circumstances that we have not only the right, but the obligation to make moral judgements about each individual's use of publicly provided money.

So, the "free meal" comes straight from your pocket, but a murderer's golden parachute apparently comes from a system to which you have no connection. We may only fight over designated crumbs. The bread itself is off limits.

An overview of solving the chicken and egg problem

Acquiring new users for an unknown business is difficult.
no users -> no producer interest
no producers -> no user interest