Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which. – From George Orwell’s Animal Farm
A Parade of Pigs: Multimillionaires all. Making fortunes squandering hundreds of thousands of American’s pensions and savings. Below are some human faeces to go with their porcine characteristics.
Richard "Big Dick" Fuld - Lehman Bros. (Raked in $480 million)
James "Papa Bear" Cayne - Bear Stearns
Lloyd "Blank Check" Blankfein - Goldman Sachs
Stan "Paycheck" O'Neal - Merryl Lynch & "Prince Charles Prince - Citigroup
Bob "Happy Toes" Nardelli & Tom "Two-Step" Lasorda - Chrysler
“Big” Hank Paulson – former CEO of Goldman Sachs and current Federal Econochrist who just closed the deal to save all their bacon, but not ours.
Someone finally heard our call…
This is a classic American Corporate Tragic resulted by CEO greed… If they were worth what was paid… why are the companies in trouble? Why are us, taxpayer bailing them out?
$16million reported 2007 pay for an auto CEO could have saved how many employees? updated how many equipment in plant to make fuel efficient cars to compete?
Was it worth $16million plus the perks = $gazillion…?
Time to regulate areas of “abuse” as long as companies are publicly owned… Company’s obligations are to “investors”…
Investors should not be greedy either… work with the Company when they are doing good job…
Definitely, trim top fat – fat check + perks + bonus.
Thank you.
So what happens to them now? Any prosecution? Or they just go on a well-earned rest.
You have a great blog going.
Congrats!
interesting take on the subject
I know what a big george orwell fan you are just wanted to leave my favorite all time quote: “We sleep safe in our beds at night because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who wish to do us harm.” – George Orwell
That was Orwell? I thought it was Jack Nicholson from A Few Good Men.
One of my favorite Orewellian gems would have to be:
“Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.”
Just in time for the holiday blowout sales!
Oink Oink!
I would really like to see a one time us citizen bail out package. $100,000 a person. I think mathmatically it is less than the $700 billion. would stimulate the economy!