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OrwellwasRight

(5,317 posts)
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 06:20 PM Sep 2012

I am a job creator: A manifesto for the entitled

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/i-am-a-job-creator-a-manifesto-for-the-entitled/2012/09/28/756f2e90-07ee-11e2-858a-5311df86ab04_print.html

Best thing you'll read in a week. Things you thought and said yourself, read elsewhere, and a bunch you know are true but never thought of before -- all in one place and completely convincing!!! Please share this widely!

I am a job creator: A manifesto for the entitled
By Steven Pearlstein, Published: September 29

I am a corporate chief executive.

I am a business owner.

I am a private-equity fund manager.

I am the misunderstood superhero of American capitalism, single-handedly creating wealth and prosperity despite all the obstacles put in my way by employees, government and the media.

I am a job creator and I am entitled.

I am entitled to complain about the economy even when my stock price, my portfolio and my profits are at record levels.

I am entitled to a healthy and well-educated workforce, a modern and efficient transportation system and protection for my person and property, just as I am entitled to demonize the government workers who provide them.

I am entitled to complain bitterly about taxes that are always too high, even when they are at record lows.

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I am a job creator: A manifesto for the entitled (Original Post) OrwellwasRight Sep 2012 OP
Pearlstein is great at cutting through the crap... CBHagman Sep 2012 #1
Yeah, he did not hold back at all! nt OrwellwasRight Oct 2012 #3
Surprised to see this in the Post. Ash_F Sep 2012 #2
You're welcome! OrwellwasRight Oct 2012 #4

CBHagman

(17,532 posts)
1. Pearlstein is great at cutting through the crap...
Sun Sep 30, 2012, 09:47 PM
Sep 2012

...but here he really outdid himself. One of the scathing pieces I've read in ages.

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