I've been reading a lot of depressing stories lately (thanks Alternet!)--time to share the sorrow....
What is it with republicans that whenever something goes wrong with a business or a municipality, they always blame the working men and women (usually over how much money we make--even though more often than not it's an extremely modest income)? Seriously--we follow orders from our leadership, we follow their plans and outlines, but in the end, it's our fault? What the fuck, right?
And if we are incompetent, or hurt sales, or make a major mistake, we get fired, and more often than not, since it was our own fault, we can't even collect unemployment. It's either find a new job pronto, or starve.
Compare and contrast, however, with American CEOs--they run corporations into the ground with piss poor strategies, reduce earnings and profitability, watch sales decline, all with the business acumen of an armadillo...and they get a golden parachute worth unfathomable amounts of money and job offers out the watoozi for even more money. And their employees end up with pink slips or are asked to forgo raises, or worse take a pay cut, all because of their leadership's utter incompetence.
If we lived in a truly capitalistic society, these CEOS would get the same treatment we get when we can't do the job--a boot in the ass propelling us out the front door.
The only thing free about the free market in America is the free ride CEOs get.
Peace,
emaycee
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