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The hard nosed strong CEO, able to make the hard calls. I call them sociopaths. n/t
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#63
You should not have to depend on it, but very often, when you need it most, you catch a break!
Dustlawyer
Dec 2012
#21
I know a lot of people who were bought out at 59 and had find other work to survive
liberal N proud
Dec 2012
#13
I'mm 62 and work harder than ever at three part time jobs that pay me what I was earning ....
marble falls
Dec 2012
#6
Yep, I didn't get much beyond 65 and then only barely. For one thing, I was being paid the most
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#12
I also noticed that Joe wasn't on set for that interview. Mika tried to carry water for him, tho,
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#14
Oh, I think Sherrod is seriously against raising the eligibility age for Medicare.
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#19
I'll have to check the video of that segment. I got a different sense from what he was saying.
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#26
I have always worked for nonprofits, but they can be as bad as for profits in terms of getting
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#39
I fully agree about the desk jobs. God knows that many very physical jobs ruin people's
Nay
Dec 2012
#25
Many companies force people out at 65 - then what? Become a greeter at walmart?
peacebird
Dec 2012
#29
Yes, that's the plan. We are pretending millions have not faced age discrimination
Overseas
Dec 2012
#33
The entire concept of what a job is in this country needs to be rethought than this
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#30
And I really have no idea how change is going to come about. Most people want fairness, not
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#46
Definitely, and excellent post of yours you referenced!!! The things you mentioned would
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#51
Love Sherrod Brown. He's just trying to wake up the CEO types and Congress people.
Overseas
Dec 2012
#31
Let's not forget early retirement offers, and then health insurance disappeared
JPZenger
Dec 2012
#35
You capture the current climate so well. The cruelty has veered way over into absurd levels of mean.
Overseas
Dec 2012
#68
This happened basically with a couple of my companies. We were given incentive stock to
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#47
Yep, exactly. And some of us, myself certainly included, fall for it hook, line and
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#62
More tension on what is already a very thin thread holding all this together.
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#42