tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14192095.post1681459347974955051..comments2024-02-07T02:14:50.146-08:00Comments on Dogwalk Musings: A Step Too Far!Mari Meehanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09322012728807169863noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14192095.post-49939039987580499042009-03-24T13:54:00.000-07:002009-03-24T13:54:00.000-07:00"Oversight of executive pay" is how this mess star..."Oversight of executive pay" is how this mess started. During the Clinton administration, a stop effort was instigated on excessive bonuses. To get around that, "retention bonus" came into play. Hence the situation at AIG and who knows where else. Dodd made sure that the bailouts wouldn't interfere with this bonus. Oh what a tangled web we weave...CUAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14192095.post-18591031589351346482009-03-24T10:09:00.000-07:002009-03-24T10:09:00.000-07:00This is the quintessential wag the dog scenario. ...This is the quintessential wag the dog scenario. While furor is focused on AIG (and they surely anger me) other "situations" are flying under the collective radar. One can't help but wonder what is going on that "they" don't want in the public purview.<BR/><BR/>I have never understood the cult of celebrity. But those people make big money for the entertainment world and are vulgarly compensated.<BR/><BR/>As for professional atheletes, they, save for the good fortune of superior hand/eye co-ordination, probably couldn't get a job flipping burgers at Mackydees. Deep sigh! CUAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14192095.post-22573056937349513542009-03-23T00:18:00.000-07:002009-03-23T00:18:00.000-07:00The situation reminds me of the serfs and the lord...The situation reminds me of the serfs and the lords! It's forever been so, but let's hope that globalisation and modern communications can put an end to it!Rinkly Rimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07890344869337115307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14192095.post-23786247005121179962009-03-22T19:53:00.000-07:002009-03-22T19:53:00.000-07:00I like to see them take a breather.. they are spen...I like to see them take a breather.. they are spending money like a drunken sailor. <BR/><BR/>I told my husband, how can this be a recession/depression, they are still spending millions for sports figures, actors, and music contracts. Outrage, oh, yes.. have for years over that.. Millions a year for those, when a police officer, firemen, who lives are on the line... get what?<BR/><BR/>But then life is not fair. Never will be. Took me about 40 years to figure that out.Word Tosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03519547102435672497noreply@blogger.com