I could have learned a lot of lessons on giving (and receiving) performance evaluations from the senator in another life.

Since info on the Internet could live forever, I wonder what the CEO's friends and associates will think of him now?  Will the wife and kids even give thoughts to changing their names?

 

1 hour ago, bofhlusr said:

Since info on the Internet could live forever, I wonder what the CEO's friends and associates will think of him now?  Will the wife and kids even give thoughts to changing their names?

Is that much different than what politicians do?  Especially while campaigning for votes?

Noel

This clown is just part of the problem.  Senator Hawley, whom I like actually, should realize that this pitiful CEO has to answer to a board of directors who tell him to maximize profits no matter what it takes for their benefit as well as the shareholders.

Greedy American workers are another element of the problem.  When workers demand 100K a year to work in a factory, there is no way a company can remain profitable and compete with other companies.

There used to be a huge semi-trailer truck factory near where I lived, but it was closed due to greedy employees who were continually demanding higher pay and benefits.  I had a relative who worked there on the factory floor and he was making $60k/year 20 years ago.  The company finally got fed up and closed the plant.  They moved the production to other plants in Texas, Quebec, and Mexico.  Mexico's plant recently got a 50 million dollar expansion package from the company BTW.

Consolidation, mergers, and acquisitions among companies is yet another problem.  You'll often find that many iconic companies are now owned by multi-national behemoths who have no national identity and care about nothing but maximizing profits.

The collective West's "leaders" and wealthiest people have sold their fellow citizens down the river over the past 50 years, hence the myriad problems we're having lately.

I'm not optimistic about our prospects.

Dave

24 minutes ago, dave2013 said:

The collective West's "leaders" and wealthiest people have sold their fellow citizens down the river over the past 50 years, hence the myriad problems we're having lately.

I'm not optimistic about our prospects.

Dave

Yep. Nail on the head.

And we all know who is the biggest liar of all. but they command a large following.

 

Bill W

15 hours ago, dave2013 said:

This clown is just part of the problem.  Senator Hawley, whom I like actually, should realize that this pitiful CEO has to answer to a board of directors who tell him to maximize profits no matter what it takes for their benefit as well as the shareholders.

Greedy American workers are another element of the problem.  When workers demand 100K a year to work in a factory, there is no way a company can remain profitable and compete with other companies.

There used to be a huge semi-trailer truck factory near where I lived, but it was closed due to greedy employees who were continually demanding higher pay and benefits.  I had a relative who worked there on the factory floor and he was making $60k/year 20 years ago.  The company finally got fed up and closed the plant.  They moved the production to other plants in Texas, Quebec, and Mexico.  Mexico's plant recently got a 50 million dollar expansion package from the company BTW.

Consolidation, mergers, and acquisitions among companies is yet another problem.  You'll often find that many iconic companies are now owned by multi-national behemoths who have no national identity and care about nothing but maximizing profits.

The collective West's "leaders" and wealthiest people have sold their fellow citizens down the river over the past 50 years, hence the myriad problems we're having lately.

I'm not optimistic about our prospects.

Dave

I thought I knew why some nations are rich and others poor.

 

But then I viewed this video last night. It's about the 2024 Nobel Prize for Economics.

 

16 hours ago, birdguy said:

Is that much different than what politicians do?  Especially while campaigning for votes?

Noel

Check out this interesting German word for someone who is not shamed of being a criminal or grifter.

In German, the word "SCHAMLOS" is commonly used to describe someone who is shameless or without shame. This can imply someone who is not embarrassed or ashamed of their actions, including criminal behavior or deceitful acts. However, it doesn't specifically denote a criminal or grifter in the sense of a professional or habitual criminal. For a more specific term like "grifter" or "con artist," German might use "Schwindler" or "Betrüger."

15 hours ago, Patco Lch said:

Yep. Nail on the head.

No doubt the Western world has problems. But the bigger problem is that all the others are worst.

19 hours ago, dave2013 said:

The collective West's "leaders" and wealthiest people have sold their fellow citizens down the river over the past 50 years, hence the myriad problems we're having lately.

I'm not optimistic about our prospects.

Dave

They’re a terrible bunch to be sure.

Perhaps we should ask some of those nice folks who run things so well in China, Russia, North Korea, etc to step in and help us out?

Guys, knock off the political stuff of this topic will vanish!

18 hours ago, charliearon said:

Guys, knock off the political stuff of this topic will vanish!

Fair enough but consistently please.