I become a CEO for a large company, then to make it more “profitable", I
lay off 500 people that make $50K/year, each, and put the rest of the
employees on a salary so I can make them work overtime without extra pay
to make up for the employees that are gone. Then I call all the
employees for a meeting and sadly announce the cuts, stating that if the
employees do not sacrifice and work harder there may be some more lay
offs.
Since I "saved" the company $25M, and I get a 30% of
every dollar I save the company, I get a cool $7.5M bonus and the owner
gets the other $17.5M.
The government gives these 500 jobless people $1,000/mo. for 6 months, for a total of $3M, mostly, from our own taxes. The Democrats try to extend their unemployment benefits to 9 months, but the Republicans cry foul, stating that "they are just lazy people looking for more handouts".
I go home and see in the news that Obama is trying to increase taxes on my hard earned money, how dare him! Dirty, lazy socialist! What is our country coming to? Trying to increase taxes on us, hard working people to support the lazy poor! Then I donate $1M to the Republican party. They are the only “decent” people that will help me protect my “hard earned” money.
Then I go on a shopping spree. I buy a 5th mansion and a couple of Mercedes Benz and a Corvette. My other 6 cars are no longer exciting. I take my family to Hawaii to celebrate and spend $50K in 5 days there. What is $50K when I can make $7.5M almost instantly? I am such a genius!
Upon our return, I take my family to church to thank the Lord for my great fortune. Then I donate $1,000 to my church, because I am a good and charitable Christian, that is why God rewards me often.
Well, since the fun is over, I have to get back to work. I call my broker so I can invest my hard earned cash, and he tells me he has some information about a loan default crisis in the make, reminding me that I did not hear this from him, as it is considered inside trader information and is against the law. Then he advises me to invest $5M on gold. A week later the loan default crisis is a reality, gold goes up 20% and I just made another $1M!! Life is so sweet.
A year later I get an offer from another company, I switch jobs, and lay off 2,000 employees each making $45K/year and move the operations to China. I save the company $90M and get a cool $15M plus stock options worth $10M for 10 years. I am so sly!
(Now, again, the government gives these 2,000 jobless "lazy" people $1,000/mo. for 6 months, for a total of $12M, from our own taxes.)
What about the people that no longer have a job? Well, that is not my problem, I am doing business legally. If these people did not work hard and are not wealthy, that is their fault, not mine. I am not breaking the law. I am also looking out for the interests of our investors. Besides, if I don't do it, somebody else will, right?
I went to college for 4 years and worked 50 hours a week for 5 years and then became a CEO. I deserve all the millions I make, don't I?
What? You went to college for 6 years and have been working 50 hours for the last 10 years, and you are not rich? And you ask me why?
Well, very simple my friend, you have a conscience and I don't.
The government gives these 500 jobless people $1,000/mo. for 6 months, for a total of $3M, mostly, from our own taxes. The Democrats try to extend their unemployment benefits to 9 months, but the Republicans cry foul, stating that "they are just lazy people looking for more handouts".
I go home and see in the news that Obama is trying to increase taxes on my hard earned money, how dare him! Dirty, lazy socialist! What is our country coming to? Trying to increase taxes on us, hard working people to support the lazy poor! Then I donate $1M to the Republican party. They are the only “decent” people that will help me protect my “hard earned” money.
Then I go on a shopping spree. I buy a 5th mansion and a couple of Mercedes Benz and a Corvette. My other 6 cars are no longer exciting. I take my family to Hawaii to celebrate and spend $50K in 5 days there. What is $50K when I can make $7.5M almost instantly? I am such a genius!
Upon our return, I take my family to church to thank the Lord for my great fortune. Then I donate $1,000 to my church, because I am a good and charitable Christian, that is why God rewards me often.
Well, since the fun is over, I have to get back to work. I call my broker so I can invest my hard earned cash, and he tells me he has some information about a loan default crisis in the make, reminding me that I did not hear this from him, as it is considered inside trader information and is against the law. Then he advises me to invest $5M on gold. A week later the loan default crisis is a reality, gold goes up 20% and I just made another $1M!! Life is so sweet.
A year later I get an offer from another company, I switch jobs, and lay off 2,000 employees each making $45K/year and move the operations to China. I save the company $90M and get a cool $15M plus stock options worth $10M for 10 years. I am so sly!
(Now, again, the government gives these 2,000 jobless "lazy" people $1,000/mo. for 6 months, for a total of $12M, from our own taxes.)
What about the people that no longer have a job? Well, that is not my problem, I am doing business legally. If these people did not work hard and are not wealthy, that is their fault, not mine. I am not breaking the law. I am also looking out for the interests of our investors. Besides, if I don't do it, somebody else will, right?
I went to college for 4 years and worked 50 hours a week for 5 years and then became a CEO. I deserve all the millions I make, don't I?
What? You went to college for 6 years and have been working 50 hours for the last 10 years, and you are not rich? And you ask me why?
Well, very simple my friend, you have a conscience and I don't.
This status was borrowed from my facebook friend Jaime Rodriguez. I want to thank him for letting me share it. I've read it twice and my stomach is in knots. The capitalist right wingers see NOTHING wrong with this vulture, they think it's totally legal and give the fuck high fives for his ability to fuck over the little guy, the HARD WORKER who never gets ahead because of scum like this asshole. Can you tell I'm pissed? I despise anyone who defends this way of getting ahead, this is NOT hard work it's thievery....
