[VaSteve]

Originally posted by Superman
Right. And so, the goal of this nation's economic system is shareholder wealth. It is all for the investors. Benefits to the public are spinoffs, not the main goal. And when those two groups, interests collide? Bummer for those wage earners, eh?

Again, O liberal , the goal is to maximize shareholder wealth. Ask the sole proprietor if he goes into business for "the good of society?" He does it to put food on his table.

Benefits in terms of people having jobs and stuff, is motherhood and apple pie like I said. The public is tool in the machine...sorry but it's so. Most people don't recognize this, but that's the way it works.

If these were *truly* "wage earners" and not previously commissioned employees whose time ran out...maybe feel a little bad. But if they were commissioned previously, they know how it works. I don't know a single sales person ever that wouldn't try to maximize their own personal shareholder wealth. If these were 3500 middle managers, this didn't come as a surprise either. Could one of these guys consider the loss of their own job as a 'management failure'?