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Question of the Day

by Steven D
Mon Oct 6th, 2008 at 04:53:15 PM EST

Don't you wish you could be such a f**k-up at your job that your company would pay you $480 Million Dollars for essentially running its business into the ground?

Question of the Day | 7 comments (7 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Question of the Day (4.00 / 3)

yes.

by BooMan on Mon Oct 6th, 2008 at 04:57:16 PM EST

Re: Question of the Day (none / 0)

Now, now, let's not exaggerate. I just heard him testifying in Congress, and he only got something like $260 Mil. Surely nobody could begrudge him such a pittance.

(Really. To me, his tone seemed to be saying exactly that.)

Bush is "the first President to admit to an impeachable offense." --Former Nixon counsel John Dean

by DaveW on Mon Oct 6th, 2008 at 05:06:35 PM EST

Re: Question of the Day (none / 0)

plus he deserved that amount...snark

I don't want a tax cut, I want a job.

by americanforliberty on Mon Oct 6th, 2008 at 05:11:21 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Question of the Day (none / 1)

Yep. There are a few folks just down the hall from me who were promoted for being such f-ups. No big cash bonus, though. Ah, academia. I picked the wrong profession...

by conglomerNation on Mon Oct 6th, 2008 at 05:09:12 PM EST

Re: Question of the Day (none / 0)

Not really.

I take pride in screwing up and not costing billions in taxpayer money when I do.

More at Zandar vs. The Stupid.

by Zandar1 on Mon Oct 6th, 2008 at 05:27:51 PM EST

Re: Question of the Day (none / 0)

hey i'd settle for only 20% no make that 10% of that! i'm not greedy!

by michael72 on Mon Oct 6th, 2008 at 08:03:18 PM EST

Re: Question of the Day (none / 0)

No.

But an accumulation of money isn't how I measure myself.

If we were on any fiscal standard backed by real assets: gold, cowry shells, cattle or camels, oil, whatever, then perhaps using a monetary standard to value oneself in relation to others would be reasonable.

ie: The chief is the one with the most cows. Anybody can count the cows.

However, America's money is a glamour. Elf gold. Illusion. Pieces of paper blessed and printed by the Treasury with nothing to back them but... what... exactly? Full faith and credit? Well, isn't this a collapse of credit! And the banks are the biggest unbelievers of all because they know that there are no assets backing the credit, no assets leveraging the stock purchases, no assets providing a basic floor to all that speculation.

We'd be far better off without investment houses and stock markets. Sure we could have currency to better enable transactions, but we'd be buying and selling real goods, not future promises of appreciated worth.

I might be worth my weight in gold. A good woman is worth more than pearls and rubies. But paper and promises?

by hauksdottir on Tue Oct 7th, 2008 at 05:16:32 AM EST

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