Home Depot CEO: Out Of Touch Obama Administration All Tenured w/ Lifelong Insurance

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[MrFreedomdemocracy]

@belliott77 Sure let's keep the REGRESSIVES inside. I thought the THE Tea party wanted to bring the country 300 years back ... I WAS WRONG. After I heard Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Sharron Angle, Christine O'Donnel, Carl Paladino ... I am 1000000000% sure the Tea Party wants to bring the country before Christopher Columbus discovered America

[belliott77]

There are progressives in both parties, that is why we need to throw out all of the progressives, republican and democrat, and replace them with people that will uphold their oath to defend and protect the constitution.

[woodsinme]

Honesty is a good place to start. No golden parachute. What we have is not sustainable. We all need to talk and everyone needs to work with abandon and spend frugally.

[whoo689]

I mean, Bloomberg just recently did a big piece on all the major corruption and law-breaking endemic in Koch Industries. Yet... how realistic is it that there will be anything close to a Congressional investigation of firms like that? Or ANY major investigation or anyone close to the Koch Bros. in that co. getting arrested.

Not likely...

[whoo689]

I mean, where are the financial incentives for business execs to make sure their companies don't breka laws or fuck up the environment? There are none! The 'financial incentives' are more along the lines of base shit like simply increasing shareholder value, revenues, etc. OF course, those are important (to an extent) for any big co., but let's not make those THE major goals.

Why CAN'T companies be socially responsible, esp. larger ones, and still be profitable and fine? I say it's possible

[whoo689]

The execs have lost their humanity and only seem to care about money, transactions, balance sheets and whathaveyou.

[whoo689]

The arrogance of these corporate execs... "You should be grateful we hire you! Stop complaining about benefits and reduced pay, or we'll ship MORE jobs overseas for cheap labor." Even though all those companies are still making millions or billions in annual profits and are far from broke

But they say it "Must be done" to "stay competitive" or some bullshit like that. Maximizing profit by law or whatever is insane. It's like these companies NEVER HAVE ENOUGH, no matter what.

[whoo689]

They act like creating jobs is some kind of science that only THEY, with their infinite wisdom, can do.

You wanna know how to create a job?? It's simple: Make sure you have the money, have a job that needs doing, and FIND THE BEST CANDIDATE! That's it, really. Of course, in business it's a little more complex with paperwork and shit, but it's the same basic process in the end. It doesn't involve magic or 'expertise.'

[whoo689]

Deal with it, man up and STFU. We don't have TIME for these fucking excuses! Create the jobs that will hire people and get us out of this recession!!! You're wasting time while all these families and individuals are struggling to make ends meet, some with perhaps as little as 20-30 grand in salary. And you make millions in annual income.

These people need to get out in the real world and meet some of those struggling folks. They're clearly in a rich man's bubble.

[whoo689]

I mean, a regular family would be JUST FINE making billions, and even if they lost a few billion, they'd still be pretty fucking rich. But these corporate jackasses ALWAYS whine and complain if they lose even a few million, as if the sky is falling and the world is coming to an end.

Is it not ironic that the people who bitch the most about Obama's economic policies are those with THE MOST (resources, control over companies, money and wealth)?? I'm sorry, but I don't feel sorry for you.

[whoo689]

It's partisanship and scapegoating, really. Obama's policies can't possibly have the 'costs' they claim, yet they bitch anyway because their costs and shit are diff. from what they were under Bush, when we had "prosperity", and now they need someone to blame, rather than admit responsibility for why they supposedly "can't hire more people." YOU'RE RICH AS FUCK! YOUR COMPANIES MAKE BILLIONS! Don't give me this bullshit. Your companies can EASILY afford it.

[whoo689]

Why is it that whenever I hear or see a business exec. whining and bitching about Obama and things like "uncertainty", it's 99.9% (if not 100%) of the time a MAJOR CEO?? One that runs a big co. like Wynn Resorts or American Express or apparently Home Depot

What a bunch of whiny jackoffs... I'm so sick of this crap. If ANYONE is gonna be 'hurt' by Obama's policies, it's small business, but I haven't seen THAT MANY small businessmen on these business shows! That's for sure.