Related Party Transactions (Details) - Chief Executive Officer [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Compensation	$ (6.4)	$ (9.8)
Management fee	$ (1.4)	$ (2.1)

Increase (decrease) in the aggregate amount of expenditures for salaries, wages, profit sharing and incentive compensation, and other employee benefits, including equity-based compensation, and pension and other postretirement benefit expense.

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