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I have a horrible copay on my insurance, too! I say take the treatment and the lung when and if it's needed and call it good! The heck with their high prices, live! You could never get it paid off so let them eat it so to speak! sam
posted by
sam444
on October 18, 2011 at 7:32 PM
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Thought Provoking
Thanks Raye
posted by
jollyjeff
on October 18, 2011 at 4:28 PM
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I am appaled at a CEO who can spend 3 years or less at the top of a company
and collect millions...move on and 2-3 years later accept more unheard of millions.
But I don't have any easy answer, it is like countries have all caught a horrid deisease.
posted by
Kabu
on October 18, 2011 at 2:19 PM
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Re:
Wall Street finance and banking has very few, if any morals left. Have you got a 401k? If so, you surely have experienced the carnage these thieves can do. It is now a high stakes, roller coaster game; the lows devastate the average investor and the highs are there long enough for institutional gain - read the big brokerage/financial houses. I have a 401k and I once dabbled in buying, holding, selling stocks and saw the system up close. Enlightening to say the least. Relying on the stock market for retirement used to be a good idea but that was when the market was regulated and the worst instincts of brokers and bankers were reigned in by law. Not the case any more. And here is another thought to chew on - when the market does go up, somebody somewhere goes down - namely workers at companies like the one in this post. Profiteering has a human cost; just ask those who toil and sweat for slave wages in other countries where jobs once held by American workers are out-sourced; environments are damaged, even destroyed and the standard and quality of life falls to misery levels.
Bringing in workers from other countries
is on this CEO's agenda (out-sourcing in this industry is not an attractive option) and by the way,
he is in his fifties; not some young, green and clueless executive. He knows and embraces the destruction he wreaks, as do many if not most of his ilk. Because it enriches them and that's what it's all about in their world.
posted by
Raye09
on October 18, 2011 at 11:18 AM
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There are lots of young cooperate ceo's who have come up through the education system that doesn't teach morals any more. I would blame this more on the lack of morals than the reading of the Wall Street Journal...by this logic everyone who reads the New York Times would be a communist out to destroy capitalism and everyone's retirement, which the wealth of Wall Street provides.
posted by
UtahJay
on October 18, 2011 at 10:43 AM
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And the upstarts are everywhere nowadays, CCT
The corporate man this owner hired was highly recommended by established business people - other owners and CEOs who obviously didn't put much stock in things like a company's reputation and longevity. Just squeeze as much profit as possible, by any means available - ripping off clients, mangling and then draining retirement accounts, burn the workers and workplace, grab the extra monies and then when the destruction is complete, walk away with a smile/snicker. All
perfectly legal, thanks to the buying off of politicians and elected officials.
Thank you for the thoughtful comment!
posted by
Raye09
on October 18, 2011 at 8:40 AM
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Sounds very familiar Raye. I have seen sound businesses put in the hands of upstarts and of course go downhill. When pride in the work goes, it is slowly the end. It seems monstrous the price to pay for life, but what is money providing one has it. Insurance is fine as long as one does not need the service. That is what one pays for and should be doubly blessed if it is not needed. It is tough Raye.
posted by
C_C_T
on October 18, 2011 at 7:48 AM
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