Business Executive Jackass On MSNBC: "Salary Cap Will Drive Our Top People Away From The Field"...

[BlooInBloo]

(Quote is only approximate.)

Erm, fucktard: WE DON'T WANT YOUR "TOP PEOPLE" ANYWHERE NEAR THE FIELD!!!

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. & the top people did so fucking well.

We would miss them so much.

[Tempest]

2. Good!

We don't want any failing upwards types running the show with our money.

[Sal Minella]

3. Since their "top people" have lost billions for everybody, maybe they SHOULD try some of their

second tier people. They can't do worse, certainly.

Strange world these guys live in, innit.

[GodlessBiker]

4. I prefer the less top. Give them a chance.

[Betsy Ross]

5. GREAT! Good luck finding another job that pays more.

Times are tough all over.

[Raksha]

26. The tool kept talking about them moving to "unregulated" corporations.

I'm not sure what he means by that. Does he mean a corporation based offshore, or not subject to the salary cap because it isn't receiving any bailout money?

[Betsy Ross]

66. Those not receiving bailout funds.

But why would an unregulated company want to hire someone who brought down their previous employer?

[EFerrari]

6. Good. That may be cheaper than putting them in jail.

[Deja Q]

53. With the number of crimes going up, what's wrong with jail?

Oh, the crooked exec would be sharing the same cell as the crooked dope dealer* or wife beater. Can't have that.


* Michael Phelps is just a user and that's his life, his business, his fight, and his problem. I do not care about him. He can bike, puff, and father babies to his heart's content.


And now I'm off to drink some prune juice.

[EFerrari]

60. I was only thinking of preserving the moral tone of our prison population.

[Swede]

7. Where the fuck they gonna go,in this economy?

nt

[Deja Q]

56. Isn't it true that $25 buys a lot of banana trees in sunny, warm Honduras?

Just don't live near the sweatshops used by Kathie Lee circa 1996...

[Parker CA]

8. This guy is a complete tool, and on top of it they substitute Mika for Shuster.

Can't handle this crazy talk. This show has zero semblance of it's normal self. Soap-boxing about how these "great minds" will leave and the companies will suffer. GOOD! Let them abandon ship and let the strong companies survive. This guy is an ass-hat.

[Flying Dream Blues]

9. Yeah, maybe smart people with ethics and morals will be more attracted to "the field". nt

[Barack_America]

10. Um, jackass, that only applies IF you're receiving bailout money.

And if you're receiving bailout money, chances are that your "top people" aren't even WORTH $500,000 a year.

[Johonny]

11. In general good people that love their job

will work for 500 K. Just saying.

[GentryDixon]

12. This is a good thing.

[Uzybone]

13. Fucking idiot Mort Kondrake

who by the way is a billionaire. 500K is money he wipes his ass with.

[Skidmore]

18. That was Zuckerman, not Kondrake, and he was having a

meltdown. He lost a lot of money to Madoff and now his good buddies are going to take a hit. I don't know where he gets that all of these guys who ran these businesses into the ground are essential "talent."

[Uzybone]

22. my bad, thanks

[stillcool]

14. Shoo-Shoo--

how fast can pigs waddle?

[Ichingcarpenter]

15. Mika had been drinking

At least Joe the dead intern no longer fills in for the show

[leftofthedial]

16. And that is an EXCELLENT start

toward solving America's problems.

Let them work part-time for $8 an hour at three or four temporary jobs for awhile.

[TroglodyteScholar]

17. Good! "Our top people" are the ones who fucked everything up!

:crazy:

[underpants]

19. What "top people"? What "talent?"

:shrug:

[BlooInBloo]

20. The lady on the panel made the correct observation: That the smartypants mathy employees...

aren't top executives, and THEIR salaries aren't capped.

So for the talent that matters, there's no issue.

[underpants]

34. There's a couple of things they don't teach you in Harvard Business School

Russ Cargill: There's a couple of things they don't teach you in Harvard Business School, one is how to cope with defeat, the other is how to handle a shotgun, I'm going to do both right now.

EPA Official: S-sir, I'm afraid you've gone mad with power...
Russ Cargill: Of course I have. You ever tried going mad without power? It's boring. No one listens to you!

Moe: What are you telling us, were trapped like rats?
Russ Cargill: No, rats can't be trapped this easily, you're trapped like... carrots.


Russ Cargill: Your government has realized that sealing you under this dome was a terrible mistake. Therefore, we are commencing with Operation Soaring Eagle
(crowd cheers)
Russ Cargill: ... which involves killing you all.

[IGotAName]

47. Right- "talent" in their mind is being willing to break the law.

"Talent" meaning "corrupted" and politically connected.

[DearAbby]

21. Jesus, makes it sound like these people

are just one step away from GODHOOD, when these are the same idiots who lost Billions of dollars.


I bet that cashier who comes up short on her cash drawer wont be getting a bonus or raise, why should these people? Does it take a special skill to lose billions? Christ cry me an f-ing river.

[ljm2002]

28. Well that's exactly the issue...

...they really think they are just one step down from god-hood -- if that. That is why they cannot comprehend anyone telling them to curb their profligate ways. It is utterly humiliating to these sorts to contemplate answering in any way whatsoever to the Little People -- the very Little People whose taxes are propping up their failed "businesses" (read: fraudulent criminal enterprises).

These people need more than a slap upside the head to come to their senses. They believe themselves to be above the riff raff -- where "riff raff" == the 99% of the population that does not live in the lap of luxury like themselves.

There are a whole lot of Masters of the Universe types who ought to be heading to jail, rather than complaining that they can only rake in half a million this year.

Geez, what jackasses.

[Raksha]

33. I just loved the way he said the financial industry is a "very sophisticated" field.

In other words, you peons can't possibly hope to understand the esoteric mysteries these "top people" deal with. Condescending as all hell!

[Raksha]

23. I heard that asshole on MSNBC and that was my reaction too.

Where does he get the idea that "the best people" are the biggest greedheads? That idiot is probably the only person left on the planet who thinks they aren't as replaceable as anyone else. In fact, their companies would be a lot better off if they WERE replaced by people willing to work for a measly half million a year!

[SmileyRose]

24. If they need taxpayer money they should hope and pray their "top people" quit

let them go fuck up someone else's company

K and R

[MadHound]

25. He's says that like it's a bad thing.

Given the track record of these "top people" frankly they need to stay far away from the field.

[BlooInBloo]

27. I know right? Is that a *threat*? I'll TAKE it!

[MadHound]

30. Every single day of the week and twice on Sundays

I'm sick of the media, the politicians and corporate America acting like the world will fall apart without their precious overpaid CEO's. Guess what, the world did fall apart because of those self same CEO's.

Hell, chimps couldn't have done a worse job, and they work for peanuts(and bananas and other food)

[BlooInBloo]

31. They'll work for tigers too!

[MadHound]

36. I saw that bouncing around the other day, cute pic, great story.

Hey, wonder if that tiger would like a little ground round corporate exec when it gets bigger? Nah, probably not, they taste all slimy and icky.

[BlooInBloo]

51. Like a DUer mentioned in the thread on it: It'll be cute... for a couple of months.

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

29. advertise your job for $250,000..

I fu@king double dare you....

[Dorian Gray]

32. Well...

if the execs don't ruin the companies then beg for public funds, then they won't need to cap their salaries at 500 grand.

Do their jobs well, and they'll be compensated.

Duh.

[Jeanette in FL]

35. That ought to look good in their resume

Where the hell are they going to go?

Can you just imagine, putting into your resume you would like to work for "xyz company" and you sunk the last company that you worked for. You sunk it so bad that the government has to bail your former company out.

Yes, that is who they are looking for.

This is ridicules.

We own the companies now and we say what they are worth.

[BlooInBloo]

38. Of course it's ridiculous. But they all hire each other, wherever they go, so it's not a problem...

For them.

[City Lights]

37. Bring it on. nt

[DearAbby]

39. Someone should start a non profit website

SavetheCEOs.org
"IT'S THE REPUBLICAN THING TO DO"

[MsTryska]

40. good. they have clearly been sucking at their jobs. nt

nt

[Deja Q]

65. I will become a hooker for my next career.

I think a CEO is just too lofty a goal and I'll still be able to suck for big money.

:rofl:

[MsTryska]

72. *lol*

ooh...a new joke!

What's the difference between a hooker and a CEO?

Nothing - they both suck for big money!

badum bum tsshhhhh!

[seabeyond]

41. top people did a fucked up job. they should be driven away. real duh. n/t

[Crabby Appleton]

42. Good! nt

[GrantDem]

43. He's right...

Nobody will step forward for a $400,000/year salary.

:sarcasm:

[Elidor]

44. WON'T SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE MULTIMILLIONAIRES!!!

Whatever will they do?

[BlooInBloo]

45. You win. :)

[Elidor]

73. What did I win, Alex?

:)

[IGotAName]

46. Oh, the "talent" argument again! HAHAHAHA!!

Talented executives. LOL.

You really can make this stuff up.

[BlooInBloo]

49. Heh indeedy. Welcome to DU, btw.

[Deja Q]

58. Back in 1995, this stuff would have Emmy awards given to the writers for their wit.

In 2009, all this stuff is happening... by the witless.

[L0oniX]

48. So uhm the ones that fucked up will be driven away ...aww ..hey here's my boot up yer ass to help ya

[mitchum]

50. Fuck them with their stupid desk toys

[Deja Q]

52. Well, WHAT THE FLYING POTROAST HAPPENS when they devalue or offshore jobs?

Nobody wants to learn IT anymore; because there's no pay in it and the stressors involved are as much torture as anything else. Especially when product quality is S.H.I.T..

And to how many qualified people do those jobs go? Some, no question, but it's sure as heck not ALL. Too many complaints about service and product quality speak for themselves.

Just wait as other professions such as the legal industry start to flow like a severed artery.

And the cost of higher education; if the suits running those proverbial casinos think they are entitled to 7~15% annual tuition hikes so they can buy another mink rug for their home, it's going to bite them up their Pikachu too.


(If I had a lightning bolt burning my butt, I'd be frowning too.)

America IS eating its young. Like a flesh eating virus, I regret to say. :(

[BlooInBloo]

54. mmm.... pot roast.

[Horse with no Name]

55. And THAT is the downside?

Apparently the idiot fucks don't have a CLUE of what they are doing--why do they even have jobs?
If, in doing my job, I helped to DESTROY the ENTIRE economy of at least one country, I would be HONORED to be allowed to wallow in $500k a year.

[BlooInBloo]

57. I know! It's funny because that's precisely what we all WANT.

:rofl:

[Horse with no Name]

63. I think they ought to get the Wall Street Insider Trading penalty

and be FORBIDDEN to ever work in financing again. They are pigs at the trough. Ughh.

[Deja Q]

61. Hell, I'll do it cheaper. $100k a year!! And if it's HP,

who wouldn't do it for free? Everybody knows how much Carly got paid to do it before she was, whoops, fired...

[KansDem]

59. LET'S SHRINK THE TOP DOWN TO THE SIZE WHERE WE CAN DROWN IT IN A BATHTUB!!!

...now, where have I heard that before? :shrug:

[Deja Q]

62. Government or corporate governance, aka plutocracy?

:D

[KansDem]

68. Why, the plutocracy, of course.

[proud patriot]

67. Huzzah

:applause:

[supernova]

64. Let's Hope So!

Geez, they really don't get it. Do they?

[BlooInBloo]

69. The execs are trying soooo hard to convince us that we need them. It's laughable.

[depakid]

70. Drive them to where?

[merh]

71. Sure it will, they will all leave "the field" and take jobs on other

fields, like the fast food field or the field of retail.

what an idiot