Comments on: You’re right: The commoners just don’t get AIG http://debralegg.com/2009/03/17/youre-right-the-commoners-just-dont-get-aig/ 9to5to9: A working mom's mad adventures in boy land Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:41:33 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Debra http://debralegg.com/2009/03/17/youre-right-the-commoners-just-dont-get-aig/#comment-2734 Debra Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:33:26 +0000 http://debralegg.com/?p=5168#comment-2734 That's the part that cracks me up: The thinking that says the folks who royally fubar-ed everything are "top talent." I <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/business/17sorkin.html?_r=1&hp" rel="nofollow">read one article last night</a> that said, in essence, "for the sake of the country, we have to keep some of these folks because the mess is so complicated only they know how to fix it." My head exploded. Then I wondered, "if they know how to fix it, why haven't they? That’s the part that cracks me up: The thinking that says the folks who royally fubar-ed everything are “top talent.” I read one article last night that said, in essence, “for the sake of the country, we have to keep some of these folks because the mess is so complicated only they know how to fix it.”

My head exploded. Then I wondered, “if they know how to fix it, why haven’t they?

]]> By: ChefMommy http://debralegg.com/2009/03/17/youre-right-the-commoners-just-dont-get-aig/#comment-2731 ChefMommy Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:19:12 +0000 http://debralegg.com/?p=5168#comment-2731 Let's see...If you sucked at your job you should not get a bonus. Driving it into the ground and making poor business decisions classify as job suckage. Also, if you did either of those things then you are NOT top talent and therefore should not be retained or rewarded. Do you give your dog a treat when he poops on your carpet? I am a firm believer of don't spend more than you have. We should never have bailed out any company. We should not be bailing out any homeowner. If you make poor finacial decisions you should suffer the consequences - lose everything you cannot afford. Including that $400,000 home when you make less than $250,000 a year! Let’s see…If you sucked at your job you should not get a bonus. Driving it into the ground and making poor business decisions classify as job suckage. Also, if you did either of those things then you are NOT top talent and therefore should not be retained or rewarded. Do you give your dog a treat when he poops on your carpet? I am a firm believer of don’t spend more than you have. We should never have bailed out any company. We should not be bailing out any homeowner. If you make poor finacial decisions you should suffer the consequences – lose everything you cannot afford. Including that $400,000 home when you make less than $250,000 a year!

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