Was Ayn Rand the Hostess CEO...?

demongo

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Monday November 19, 2012 · 1:36 PM PST

2012/11/19 · 13:36

The Hostess debacle, and all the other recent outrageous statements by CEOs around the country planning on cutting off their noses to spite their faces/take their ball and go home by shutting down their companies (Aetna, PapaJohns, Florida real estate guy, etc.) really leave me speechless.

Their arguments are basically: "Now my taxes and health care costs are going up! Screw all of you for voting for the Black Guy! I'm gonna shut down the company and retire! Cuz I won't be able to make all the money I want to!"

For none of these d-bags was it a problem re: their companies no longer being able to run effectively or being able to make a profit; it was all about their bottom line in how much cash would be thrown off to allow them to continue to be multi-millionaires and billionaires.

It all comes down to: Gee, I'll end up making only hundreds of millions of dollars instead of billions! Fuck that! Screw all of you, I'm goin' home and retire on the beach and you all can suffer!

Just like the "heroes" in an Ayn Rand novel.

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