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rasmus
malcontent
Babbler # 621

posted 05 November 2001 02:37 AM

Self-serving bunk that backs the pay gap argument

Michael Prowse, writing in the neoliberal Financial Times of London, says that if common sense suggests chief executives are appallingly greedy, common sense is probably right.

[ November 05, 2001: Message edited by: rasmus_raven ]

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rasmus
malcontent
Babbler # 621

posted 05 November 2001 02:44 AM

Sorry for not being gender-neutral. Can I use the other b-word too?

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DrConway
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 490

posted 05 November 2001 02:59 AM

You could just put "greedy pigs".

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meades
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 625

posted 05 November 2001 03:40 AM

let's see... worth their salaries... vs. greedy swine...hmmmmm.........

I don't think I'm the only one picturing a pot-bellied pig sitting behind a desk in the office of Robert Milton...

Not saying Roberty Milton is a greedy piggy puss bag who isn't worth the steam off my piss, but....

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rasmus
malcontent
Babbler # 621

posted 05 November 2001 03:47 AM

Meades, you will eventually learn to do it more subtly, but you are getting the hang of paralipsis. Did I spell that right, relogged?

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meades
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 625

posted 05 November 2001 03:53 AM

How about this:

Robert Milton isn't a greedy piggy puss-bag who isn't worth the steam of my piss!

[ November 05, 2001: Message edited by: meades ]

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