Lone_Star_Dem
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Fri Dec-22-06 11:48 AM
Response to Reply #21 |
| 76. Speak of putting this all in perspective |
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You just did the best job of that I think I've ever seen here on DU.
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| -Most Investment Bankers work 80-100 hours a week and have no lives, keep the bonuses in perspective |
Herman Munster |
Dec-22-06 06:22 AM |
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Greed will make people do that. Personally, I want to see my kids, |
GOPBasher |
Dec-22-06 06:29 AM |
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If only they weren't |
vicman |
Dec-22-06 06:29 AM |
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Hours Worked |
Ethelk2044 |
Dec-22-06 06:29 AM |
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IT guys work a lot, but they |
Lucky Luciano |
Dec-22-06 07:43 AM |
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Awwwwww, the awful plight of the........... |
Waya |
Dec-22-06 06:30 AM |
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I know, isn't it just awful? They have to sit behind a desk for maybe 100 hrs a week |
MGD |
Dec-22-06 12:55 PM |
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If they treid to do ANY factory job for 100 hours |
POAS |
Dec-22-06 06:37 AM |
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Amen! |
proud2Blib |
Dec-22-06 06:50 AM |
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Exactly. I want to see time sheets, showing how the time was spent. |
DemItAllAnyway |
Dec-22-06 07:03 AM |
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Actually quite a lot of those hours... |
Lucky Luciano |
Dec-22-06 07:45 AM |
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Exactly. Try doing my job for 100 hrs a week and see how many days you last. |
MGD |
Dec-22-06 12:57 PM |
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Sorry, but no sympathy from me. |
MadHound |
Dec-22-06 06:39 AM |
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Me neither |
proud2Blib |
Dec-22-06 06:54 AM |
#20 |
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Repubs like Robert RUbin and John Corzine? nt |
Lucky Luciano |
Dec-22-06 07:48 AM |
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What happened to profits going to the stock holders? |
izzie |
Dec-22-06 06:40 AM |
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Not to mention charitable donations |
proud2Blib |
Dec-22-06 06:53 AM |
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I thought profits were supposed to go to the workers... |
Lucky Luciano |
Dec-22-06 07:41 AM |
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But did the workers work 100 hour weeks |
proud2Blib |
Dec-22-06 08:06 AM |
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Most I-Bankers work 100 hrs and traders work 50-60 hrs per week |
Lucky Luciano |
Dec-22-06 08:15 AM |
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If you are looking for sympathy, you can forget it |
proud2Blib |
Dec-22-06 08:17 AM |
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If they were willing to work 100 hrs and wanted the money, |
Lucky Luciano |
Dec-22-06 08:20 AM |
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And most of those wealthy bankers |
proud2Blib |
Dec-22-06 08:22 AM |
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Hey now! I taught math classes at UCLA! |
Lucky Luciano |
Dec-22-06 08:40 AM |
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Wanna bet you couldn't handle MY job? |
proud2Blib |
Dec-22-06 02:02 PM |
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I am very impatient.... |
Lucky Luciano |
Dec-22-06 02:23 PM |
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Well if I ever need help with Math, |
proud2Blib |
Dec-22-06 02:28 PM |
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the big problem also is not everyone can get into I-Banking |
Herman Munster |
Dec-22-06 08:51 AM |
#54 |
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That is true.... |
Lucky Luciano |
Dec-22-06 09:06 AM |
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now that's a bullshit statement. |
Porcupine |
Dec-22-06 10:51 AM |
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Total crap |
Lucky Luciano |
Dec-22-06 10:58 AM |
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But you have to be able to look and act the part |
Nikia |
Dec-22-06 11:44 AM |
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Nahhh - a college kid is not expected to wear a $1K suit. |
Lucky Luciano |
Dec-22-06 11:57 AM |
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sounds cliche, because it is cliche |
hfojvt |
Dec-22-06 12:47 PM |
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I think you are being fair to some extent |
Lucky Luciano |
Dec-22-06 01:48 PM |
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are you trying to be a motivational speaker |
hfojvt |
Dec-22-06 03:58 PM |
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"which is a van DOWN BY THE RIVER" |
Lone_Star_Dem |
Dec-22-06 04:04 PM |
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...but I am not materialistic. |
Lucky Luciano |
Dec-22-06 04:16 PM |
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that kid is not going to help anybody |
hfojvt |
Dec-22-06 04:39 PM |
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Then what do you suggest would be helpful? |
Lucky Luciano |
Dec-22-06 05:09 PM |
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there have been threads on this (things to do) |
hfojvt |
Dec-22-06 06:55 PM |
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I guess if you look at it that way is is fair. |
izzie |
Dec-22-06 08:06 AM |
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And who holds the gun to their heads making them do this? |
acmavm |
Dec-22-06 06:44 AM |
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Yes it is called CHOICE |
proud2Blib |
Dec-22-06 08:09 AM |
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Poor things... |
thoughtanarchist |
Dec-22-06 06:44 AM |
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there is no sympathy |
Herman Munster |
Dec-22-06 06:47 AM |
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I agree. It's not something I could or would do. |
OllieLotte |
Dec-22-06 06:46 AM |
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Of course they only have to work this schedule a year or two, |
Vinca |
Dec-22-06 06:47 AM |
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more like 10 years |
Herman Munster |
Dec-22-06 06:50 AM |
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If you saved most of 2-3 million for a few years |
Nikia |
Dec-22-06 11:50 AM |
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Oh, what a freaking shame. |
sarge43 |
Dec-22-06 06:47 AM |
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you beat me to it |
conscious evolution |
Dec-22-06 12:04 PM |
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imagine |
luckyleftyme2 |
Dec-22-06 06:48 AM |
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Oh how sad |
proud2Blib |
Dec-22-06 06:50 AM |
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What exactly do investment bankers do? |
ayeshahaqqiqa |
Dec-22-06 06:51 AM |
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they rip off old ladies |
pitohui |
Dec-22-06 07:46 AM |
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I-Bankers essentially are salesmen and what they sell is |
Lucky Luciano |
Dec-22-06 08:01 AM |
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Yes, and they are basically short term lenders |
HamdenRice |
Dec-22-06 10:41 AM |
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My bro-in-law works in Iraq, and his job is 24/7/365. |
mikeytherat |
Dec-22-06 06:54 AM |
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Yes, compare your b-i-l to these fat cats. Who's making the sacrifice? nt |
babylonsister |
Dec-22-06 07:08 AM |
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BINGO. 24/7/365. |
Xap |
Dec-22-06 07:20 AM |
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My bro-in-law was on the phone with my sis when the munitions depot |
mikeytherat |
Dec-22-06 11:54 AM |
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I'll second that... |
Lucky Luciano |
Dec-22-06 12:11 PM |
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Best reply in the thread! |
proud2Blib |
Dec-22-06 08:07 AM |
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Tell your bro to keep his head low |
nadinbrzezinski |
Dec-22-06 11:40 AM |
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Will do. That's why he stayed in after 20+ years - for the kids in his command |
mikeytherat |
Dec-22-06 11:47 AM |
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Speak of putting this all in perspective |
Lone_Star_Dem |
Dec-22-06 11:48 AM |
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I work just about every waking moment and have NO life, either |
Th1onein |
Dec-22-06 06:56 AM |
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And do you know why the apartment is $1 million? |
JHB |
Dec-22-06 07:09 AM |
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My description of Darth Cheney: |
Felinity |
Dec-22-06 07:09 AM |
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That makes it even WORSE. They can't enjoy the money, there's only the obsession of having more. -nt |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
Dec-22-06 07:16 AM |
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If you consider entertaining... |
Everybody |
Dec-22-06 07:32 AM |
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They should go inlist in Bush's war and rest up. |
Hubert Flottz |
Dec-22-06 07:36 AM |
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I-Bankers are nuts.... |
Lucky Luciano |
Dec-22-06 07:42 AM |
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yeah so do most "people" these days |
pitohui |
Dec-22-06 07:44 AM |
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I recall |
90-percent |
Dec-22-06 08:02 AM |
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It must be excruciatingly painful... |
stillcool47 |
Dec-22-06 08:11 AM |
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They are not all republicans...not even close. |
Lucky Luciano |
Dec-22-06 08:17 AM |
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And you know this how? |
proud2Blib |
Dec-22-06 08:24 AM |
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I am in the industry. |
Lucky Luciano |
Dec-22-06 08:36 AM |
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i see you are from Kansas...I am from NYC |
Lucky Luciano |
Dec-22-06 09:00 AM |
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They are changing to Dem here |
proud2Blib |
Dec-22-06 02:09 PM |
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Well, I am glad to hear that. I understand |
Lucky Luciano |
Dec-22-06 02:32 PM |
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My intention was |
stillcool47 |
Dec-22-06 09:44 AM |
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I know what you are saying...* does not have the interests of those |
Lucky Luciano |
Dec-22-06 09:55 AM |
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I'm not sure this is right |
HamdenRice |
Dec-22-06 10:47 AM |
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I'm sure you're right... |
stillcool47 |
Dec-22-06 02:01 PM |
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BFD. So they have to pay taxes and mortgages. So do we. Although |
leesa |
Dec-22-06 08:38 AM |
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Before I break down crying hot tears of sympathy, let's get out the calculator, shall we? |
hatrack |
Dec-22-06 08:59 AM |
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These guys work less than 100 hrs/wk |
Lucky Luciano |
Dec-22-06 09:02 AM |
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I know I'm not willing to do a lot of the things you need to do to make that kind of money. |
mondo joe |
Dec-22-06 09:02 AM |
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Most of the time we were on mandatory 12 hours a day 7 days a week where I worked |
NNN0LHI |
Dec-22-06 09:18 AM |
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The buying and selling of humans |
RestoreGore |
Dec-22-06 09:20 AM |
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oh wahhhhhhhh cry me a fucking river |
Ms. Clio |
Dec-22-06 09:59 AM |
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Love your doggy! nt |
Lucky Luciano |
Dec-22-06 12:28 PM |
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thank you! n/t |
Ms. Clio |
Dec-22-06 05:05 PM |
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No sympathies here. |
Maestro |
Dec-22-06 11:22 AM |
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I am in a simliar situation |
Nikia |
Dec-22-06 12:16 PM |
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Yes, I know. We are better off than many people. |
Maestro |
Dec-22-06 12:21 PM |
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As someone who works in a high power NYC corporate office, this is not exactly true. |
MadAsHellNewYorker |
Dec-22-06 11:32 AM |
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yea, but those same MDs put in their time when they |
Lucky Luciano |
Dec-22-06 12:00 PM |
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'eh, i really don't think thats true anymore. People today don't devote |
MadAsHellNewYorker |
Dec-22-06 12:05 PM |
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People definitely do not stay at one firm - true |
Lucky Luciano |
Dec-22-06 12:22 PM |
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Are yuo expecting for all of us to somehow go |
nadinbrzezinski |
Dec-22-06 11:38 AM |
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Gee, just like the woman who told Bush she worked 3 jobs, to which he replied |
WinkyDink |
Dec-22-06 11:46 AM |
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Why don't they just make the job into two? |
treestar |
Dec-22-06 11:57 AM |
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Are you shittin' me? Fuck those assholes. Anybody that loves money to that degree... |
chaska |
Dec-22-06 12:18 PM |
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You think the head of Goldman-Sachs works a 100 hour week. Dream on. |
spanone |
Dec-22-06 12:50 PM |
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their compensation AND their lifestyles are criminal |
leftofthedial |
Dec-22-06 12:52 PM |
#92 |
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The military works round the clock. |
tabasco |
Dec-22-06 04:06 PM |
#104 |
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