More dispatches from the front lines of the War on the Por

[Lanval]

Here's a choice selection from the article:

"I wasn’t going to be bribed off my story, but I understood their panic. Here, after all, was a group that included many of the executives whose firms had collectively wrecked the global economy in 2008 and 2009. And they were laughing off the entire disaster in private, as if it were a long-forgotten lark. (Or worse, sing about it — one of the last skits of the night was a self-congratulatory parody of ABBA’s “Dancing Queen,” called “Bailout King.”) These were activities that amounted to a gigantic middle finger to Main Street and that, if made public, could end careers and damage very public reputations."

- Kevin Roose

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/20 ... ciety.html

Probably open revolt is our only option at this point.

ML

[Amskeptic]

Here's a choice selection from the article:

"I wasn’t going to be bribed off my story, but I understood their panic. Here, after all, was a group that included many of the executives whose firms had collectively wrecked the global economy in 2008 and 2009. And they were laughing off the entire disaster in private, as if it were a long-forgotten lark. (Or worse, sing about it — one of the last skits of the night was a self-congratulatory parody of ABBA’s “Dancing Queen,” called “Bailout King.”) These were activities that amounted to a gigantic middle finger to Main Street and that, if made public, could end careers and damage very public reputations."

- Kevin Roose

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/20 ... ciety.html

Probably open revolt is our only option at this point.

ML

I read the blog underneath with some trepidation . . . how does the readership interpret this? There were defenders of the 1% partiers, but I was heartened to see some good push-back against them

[Sylvester]

The average American would not read this. Those I know, would not know what to make of it.

[Amskeptic]

The average American would not read this. Those I know, would not know what to make of it.

They also would not put together the simple math of:

CEO pay has increased to almost 1000% of the average worker, for no good reason.
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