tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post3099622806431884185..comments2024-03-26T22:16:26.572-04:00Comments on Terrierman's Daily Dose: Starbucks Economic LeadershipPBurnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-3578258563165219732009-01-29T09:53:00.000-05:002009-01-29T09:53:00.000-05:00A nice one. She writes (see link previously noted ...A nice one. <BR/><BR/>She writes (see link previously noted to read the whole thing):<BR/><BR/>_ _ _ _ _ <BR/><BR/>"In an interview with Maria Bartiromo on CNBC, Thain used the specious, contemptible reasoning that other executives use to rationalize why they’re keeping their bonuses as profits are plunging.<BR/><BR/>“If you don’t pay your best people, you will destroy your franchise” and they’ll go elsewhere, he said.<BR/><BR/>Hello? They destroyed the franchise. Let’s call their bluff. Let’s see what a great job market it is for the geniuses of capitalism who lost $15 billion in three months and helped usher in socialism.<BR/>_ _ _ _ _ <BR/><BR/><BR/>Bingo.<BR/><BR/>PatrickPBurnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-30460585714547189592009-01-29T09:35:00.000-05:002009-01-29T09:35:00.000-05:00I'd certainly like to imagine that. Did you see M...I'd certainly like to imagine that. Did you see Maureen Dowd's recent article in NYTimes? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/opinion/28dowd.html?emAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com