Unions Killed the Twinkie, Ding Dong, and Ho Ho

[FORD]

Interesting chart. CEO Pay went up the most from 1995 to 2000. Hmmm. Refresh my memory: who was POTUS then?

It also was the time of the so-called "dot com bubble" and the rise of the Internet, which created a lot of new businesses, which intitially made money and paid their CEO's. Which probably had more to do with it than who was President at the time.

But the taxes paid by all over those overpaid CEO's certainly helped Bill leave office with a surplus, right?

[jhale667]

It also was the time of the so-called "dot com bubble" and the rise of the Internet, which created a lot of new businesses, which intitially made money and paid their CEO's. Which probably had more to do with it than who was President at the time.

But the taxes paid by all over those overpaid CEO's certainly helped Bill leave office with a surplus, right?

You beat me to it... Aw, poor wittle Brie thought he had a point there for a second...

[BigBadBrian]

It also was the time of the so-called "dot com bubble" and the rise of the Internet, which created a lot of new businesses, which intitially made money and paid their CEO's. Which probably had more to do with it than who was President at the time.

But the taxes paid by all over those overpaid CEO's certainly helped Bill leave office with a surplus, right?

After Gingrich pulled Clinton's ass in from the Far Left at the bargaining table and made him a Centrist.

[BigBadBrian]

You beat me to it... Aw, poor wittle Brie thought he had a point there for a second...

Shut up, Kristy.

[FORD]

After Gingrich pulled Clinton's ass in from the Far Left at the bargaining table and made him a Centrist.

Clinton was never "Far Left". He was the DLC poster boy from day one. Unfortunately

[Nickdfresh]

After Gingrich pulled Clinton's ass in from the Far Left at the bargaining table and made him a Centrist.

That hypocrite scumbag Gingrich was more interested in pulling Clinton's cock, while Newt was busy cheating on his wife...

[ZahZoo]

It also was the time of the so-called "dot com bubble" and the rise of the Internet, which created a lot of new businesses, which intitially made money and paid their CEO's. Which probably had more to do with it than who was President at the time.

But the taxes paid by all over those overpaid CEO's certainly helped Bill leave office with a surplus, right?

There was the bubble as venture capitalists pumped a lot of investment dollars into internet development... But there was a bigger economic driver during 95-00.

Capital investment into hardware and software upgrades preparing for Y2K (Year 2000) to correct the oversight that hard-coded date processing which was fine as long as you didn't go calculating past 1999. There was a huge out-lay across all business sectors for this... then the short term depreciation bubble for capitalization sustained tax rolls for about at year or so past 2000. Then companies clammed up and didn't need to invest with all the new hardware and upgraded software in-house.

[FORD]

There was the bubble as venture capitalists pumped a lot of investment dollars into internet development... But there was a bigger economic driver during 95-00.

Capital investment into hardware and software upgrades preparing for Y2K (Year 2000) to correct the oversight that hard-coded date processing which was fine as long as you didn't go calculating past 1999. There was a huge out-lay across all business sectors for this... then the short term depreciation bubble for capitalization sustained tax rolls for about at year or so past 2000. Then companies clammed up and didn't need to invest with all the new hardware and upgraded software in-house.

Well.... at least the smart companies did that ahead of time. Some others weren't so smart about it. There was a local insurance company here... they had been around for years. My dad worked for them in the late 50s or early 60s... my older sister worked for them for a while... it was literally a local institution for decades. A friend of mine was working there in the early 1990s, and even though he wasn't actually working in the IT department, he was knowledgable enough about computers to be aware of the whole Y2K two digit mainframe coding issue, so he warned his bosses about it. They agreed with him, but kept putting it off. By the time they got around to finally dealing with the problem in 1998, they found that it would cost so much to replace their entire systems at that point, that it would actually be cheaper to close the office and ship off all the accounts to an affliliate in St. Louis or somewhere like that.

And just like that..... poor planning killed a local institution... even before Y2K actually could.

[SunisinuS]

Don't Ho o's have their own Union?

[FORD]

Don't Ho o's have their own Union?

United Sex Workers of America Local #69, maybe??

[LoungeMachine]

I'm sorry, but you are not going to pay the CEO of a corporation anything close to what you get paid as a stock boy, Lounge. You should've continued on in school like your parents told you to if you wanted a better job.

Nice dodge and projection...



You're getting slapped around the room by everyone in this thread.

Where's MusicmANN when you need him/her?

[BigBadBrian]

Nice dodge and projection...



You're getting slapped around the room by everyone in this thread.

Certainly not by you liberals. I always beat you like a redheaded stepchild, Bamboo boy.

[jhale667]

Proving once again you're a delusional fucktard.

Certainly not by you liberals. I always beat you like a redheaded stepchild, Bamboo boy.

Riiiight. And then you wake up and start crying when you realize you were dreaming...AGAIN.

[BigBadBrian]

Riiiight. And then you wake up and start crying when you realize you were dreaming...AGAIN.

Kristy, I told you to shut up, now DO IT!!!

[jhale667]

I FAIL at FAILING.

We know. Now fuck off.