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dead0man
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« on: February 05, 2009, 03:55:26 AM »

Like the fat guy on The Daily Show the other day said, "well that takes care of 1% of the problem, now what?".
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« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2009, 09:07:56 AM »

Because they can?  Because the owners (stock holders) of the company pays them that?  LOTS of people make more than $500k a year.  Some of them you guys even like.

I'm not saying it's not funked up, it is, but there are reasons for it.  If somebody was willing to give me several million dollars to run a company into the ground (or kick a ball around or stand in front of a camera and act or whatever) I'd certainly take 'em up on their offer.
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« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2009, 11:07:47 AM »

Perhaps we should just let these companies dissolve into oblivion.  The economy would collapse a lot further, but maybe the CEOs would learn that a respectable salary of half a million is better than not having a job or an income.
Agreed.  If companies can't remain competitive they need to die.  If the people running them suck at running them, then they need to get a regular job like the rest of us jerks.  Phuque 'em.  That's how it is supposed to work.  If it doesn't work that way and you have companies that are "too big to fail" then you make even bigger problems.
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