Rich CEOs

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Registered: 09-10-2008
Rich CEOs
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Sat, 09-20-2008 - 4:02pm

I know the government had to step in and keep the whole economy from crashing, but I'm fuming at the people at the top who sucked big bucks out of those companies while things were going South. How sad that they don't have a job now to support their 3 mansions, airplanes, etc.! All of our children and grand-children will be paying dearly for these mistakes. Another "Nero" fiddling while Rome burned scenario??

I'm also disgusted with a BIL who has been named the CEO of a foreign company that makes equipment which competes with American made Caterpillar company. He gets a big salary for mostly letting them use his American status as a business ploy to move in and take more sales away. As you can guess, I'm not much of a fan of all the globalization of industry that took more away than we gained.

stepping down carefully now, lest I blow a cork
Jacquie

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Registered: 10-11-2004
In reply to: jaybee458
Sat, 09-20-2008 - 5:08pm
Jacquie I will blow one with you,

Betty L. Keep and Angel on your Shoulder & a prayer in your heart.

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Registered: 09-19-2003
In reply to: jaybee458
Sat, 09-20-2008 - 8:48pm
jacquie im rite with you in blowing that cork!! i agree with all you say!! why has our government allowed all these companies to migrate over seas,why not impose a big tariff on all this crap coming in from china.you know we use to have a big caterpillar company a couple blocks up the street from us..it is now a pick n save and home depot...thats the only place an american can make a living now..strip mall...thats all thats left.milwaukee was a place of foundries,of industry,allen bradley vilters ladish...where hundreds of people worked and made a living and were able to support their family...nothing is left,and that which is left is running on skeleton crews...why..everything is going overseas...and whats coming here.tainted dog food...tainted meds..tained formula...now their trying to kill us off...arghhhhhhhhh...now im mad...i think i ll go to bed...hugs min

    

                      

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Registered: 09-10-2008
In reply to: jaybee458
Sat, 09-20-2008 - 10:48pm

And considering who's investing more and more of their oil $$ into our businesses, I can picture the day when we are known as "The United States of Dubai". I hate that there were no strict rules about foreign ownership of US companies.

Jacquie

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Registered: 03-25-2003
In reply to: jaybee458
Sat, 09-20-2008 - 11:53pm
I think there should be some way to force those that took big money out of those companies to pay some of it back.

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Registered: 09-19-2003
In reply to: jaybee458
Sun, 09-21-2008 - 8:06am
and there ya go,you opened up another can of worms here this morning. our breweries that we had here,family owned for over a hundred years are now owned by south africa...the greed of politicians is evident. arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..now im mad..i need a cup of coffee..wheres my new cup..LOL hugs min

    

                      

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Registered: 03-19-2003
In reply to: jaybee458
Mon, 09-22-2008 - 12:30pm
I agree with all said by each of you and especially you Kaci. Why are these big crooks not paying either monetarily or jail time

 


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Registered: 03-25-2003
In reply to: jaybee458
Mon, 09-22-2008 - 12:58pm
I don't want to get started
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Registered: 09-19-2003
In reply to: jaybee458
Mon, 09-22-2008 - 5:08pm
and i concur with all your concurrences!! i think this has been a plan to take everything away from the common folk and create a country like europe was and is..the rich and the poor and no more middle class! today i was privy to a stituation that i have seen before..as i was at the gas station,a man filled up and pulled away,but the clerk was onto him and quickly ran after him with a crowbar! almost dropped my coffee...i thought for sure he had a gun.

    

                      

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Registered: 04-04-2005
In reply to: jaybee458
Thu, 09-25-2008 - 5:14pm

There's a great post on our Hot Topics in Health board that you might be interested in -- and it's fine to vent there!


What would you ask the candidates?
http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=iv-fbhtdiscrim&msg=410.1&ctx=0



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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: jaybee458
Thu, 09-25-2008 - 10:01pm

Those CEOs were all granted payments on contracts approved by the Board of Directors of their corporations.

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