Comments on Young, Hip and Conservative: a skeptical blog: Three cheers for carrion-eaters

Vulture is just not a good analogy: Vultures are k...

2012-01-19T10:57:52.975-05:00

Vulture is just not a good analogy: Vultures are known to attack living, weakened animals without consent. (I assume) none of Bain's contracts were signed under coercion, so their employees rightly earned their pay.

The real scandal is the CG tax rate, but that's a matter of opinion :) If Romney were smart he'd own it: "I concede I'm more successful at capitalism than my rivals. If you want politicians who don't understand the free market as well, they are available."

I don't get the whole bonus thing. These peopl...

2012-01-15T20:50:17.815-05:00

I don't get the whole bonus thing. These people, right or wrong, have/had contracts that specify how much they get paid and how large a bonus they will receive given a set of circumstances.

If I hired you to manage my business and it failed under your tenure, you would still expect me to abide by the terms of our contract, would you not?

As long as you were meeting all the criteria we contracted on, you could sue me and win handily.

It's easy for people to get emotional over the...

2012-01-15T11:12:02.962-05:00

It's easy for people to get emotional over the laying off of workers, but I think the charges against Romney that are more significant is the one describing how he and the other executives pocketed pretty hefty bonuses that were financed by the banks, leveraged against the companies they bought.

It's just... It's... (sob)... So beautiful...

2012-01-15T01:14:13.326-05:00

It's just... It's... (sob)... So beautiful...