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xtraxritical

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11. Not just CEO's but the entire management and board of directors.

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 20, 2012, 02:24 PM

Mar 2012

These jerks are the ones ripping off the stockholders, and the rest of us too. Stockholders take all the "risk" and are very, very lucky to earn a 3% dividend. All this is possible because banks pay almost 0% interest on savings.

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US economic model broken, says survey [View all] alp227 Mar 2012 OP

It Started With Reagan TheMastersNemesis Mar 2012 #1

It started with Carter. What Reagan did was give it rocket boosters... JHB Mar 2012 #2

Well said.. Kick... lib2DaBone Mar 2012 #5

The Marxist/Capitalist ratio is out of sync. CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #6

Not just CEO's but the entire management and board of directors. xtraxritical Mar 2012 #11

There is no American economic model. American Capitalism is a fiction. Monk06 Mar 2012 #3

Excellent, thank you. xtraxritical Mar 2012 #13

The citations are from Wiki. I forgot to mention. In this case I believe they are reliable given Monk06 Mar 2012 #15

Nicely done. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2012 #18

Blame it on the Stock Market winton37 Mar 2012 #4

And the jars keep getting smaller too! eom xtraxritical Mar 2012 #14

What US economic model? Heywood J Mar 2012 #7

OWS cardboard sign: "US economy isn't broken, it's fixed" FailureToCommunicate Mar 2012 #8

As long as the federal government guarantees the financial sector that should nineteen50 Mar 2012 #9

. tk2kewl Mar 2012 #10

Not broken. It was deformed at-birth. K&R - n/t DeSwiss Mar 2012 #12

Pre-condition to revolution Commander Vimes Apr 2012 #16

We here in Boston are totally baffled as to why Mayor Menino has not secondwind Apr 2012 #17