[CS-FSLUG] Corporate Greed (was: Biblical anti-MS, pro Free Software arguments)

[Ed Hurst]

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004, groundhog3000 wrote:

> He told me that one very obvious thing rules most national and
> international corporations ... money. Stockholders and banks must be
> satisfied to stay in business. There's always another place to cut,
> another wage to shrink or divide between two part timers, another set
> of benefits to deny, anything to make the shareholders happy (read:
> wealthier). His opinion after 25 years of global hobnobbing... Most
> corporate heads are as corrupt as they come, and, if caught, most
> would likely be sent to prison.

Amen! Preach it, Brother Gabe.

> What is it like to be deceived like them? Let me sum it up with this
> conversation: While in San Antonio, working for $10.00/hr doing
> secretarial and patent work, my boss, who ears $250,000/yr working 4
> hours a day 4 days a week, says to me: "You'd be surprised how hard
> it is to live off of $100,000 a year." I responded, "Yeah, I probably
> would be..."

LOL! Could we try it, just once please? :-)

Ed Hurst
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