Setting the record straight!

And I don't say that people shouldn't know what their skills are worth. But randomly just asking salary check with their years of experience doesn't give anyone any idea on what impact they have created in their journey. That's the thing I am trying to tackle here.

People have misconception that number of years resonates with salary you earn. That's not the case!

I disagree. Addressing your points -

1. What's that got to do with my post above?
2. Who made you the decision maker to decide who deserves what salary? I am sure the hiring manager gave that salary to the person while hiring because they saw previous and future possible impact. No one gives out money if it's undeserving!
3. Not true. Maybe that's your perception. True, sugarcoating does help. But your merit or your ability isn't just gonna be limited to your company. The moment you are out, people will be in line to hire you if you have created that impact
4. Yes, again, a moot point if you only see within the org. And as teams are smaller, the politics you talk about is also less. No one can progress by mere politics. Everyone knows that to truly progress, meritocracy is the only way. Managers will do what is takes to retain their best talent
5. Yes, and they do get compensated. Don't they?

I already covered this point above, right?

Don’t think so. Just pointing out that although someone deserves 2X, due to budget constraints not all companies can really comply.