Comments on: Say That With a Straight Face…I Dare You

By: John

John — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:04:02 +0000

Hey, wait a minute y’all. It costs money to gas up a fleet of expensive cars, aircraft and boats. Never mind the people who drive, fly, pilot and maintain these vehicles. And those ritzy homes don’t get cleaned by themselves. Someone’s gotta maintain the pools, stock the bar and cook breakfast,lunch and dinner. They’ve got mortgages (a few), mouths to feed, parties to throw and payoffs to make. These folks are taxpayers too. Give ‘em a break! They drive the economy! Tongue planted firmly in cheek, of course.

By: Mary Lou

Mary Lou — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:39:59 +0000

I agree whole heartedly. Everyone else needs to do significant belt tightening. Why should chief execs whose firms received public bailouts be exempt? $500K is a hefty salary and can hardly be considered belt tightening.

By: Michael Kay

Michael Kay — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:35:55 +0000

Exactly my thinking. Although 54,000 of those 55,000 plus may be just as bad as the ones who brought it down, there just have to be a few in there that could do the trick. In fact these “depressed wages” could be a mechanism for bringing in new blood into the banks to make them stronger in the long run. Or better yet, I hear a former Senator from South Dakota is looking for work.

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:15:34 +0000

Feel free to list me as a reference.

By: bhagvati

bhagvati — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:23:01 +0000

Nicely put Jay!