Presenting America’s Ten Greediest of 2011

[marmar]

from Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality:



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10/ Paul Hoolahan: Skimming the Sugar

Greed has never been a stranger to professional sports. But this year’s most avaricious sports character works for a nonprofit. Meet Paul Hoolahan, the chief exec at the Sugar Bowl, one of four annual college football postseason games that rotate hosting the national collegiate championship.

The Sugar Bowl enjoys tax-exempt status and regularly touts its contributions to good causes. But Hoolahan’s favorite good cause may be his own. He took home just under $600,000 in 2009, the latest year with figures available, almost quadruple his $160,500 paycheck for the same job 13 years earlier.

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2/ Don Blankenship: Prepping for a Comeback

This past May, West Virginia state investigators found Massey Energy directly to blame for the 2010 blast that left 29 miners dead at the company’s Upper Big Branch coal mine. Massey CEO Don Blankenship’s management team, probers charged, had nurtured a “culture bent on production at the expense of safety.”

Earlier this month, federal regulators agreed. They found “systematic, intentional, and aggressive efforts” to flout basic safety regulations. Under Blankenship, Massey managers kept two sets of books, one accurate for internal use and another fake for regulators. ................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://toomuchonline.org/presenting-america%E2%80%99s-ten-greediest-of-2011/

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. A seldom examined area, Big Sports.

Tax except status?
who knew?
I must admit I am not a huge sports follower ( despite living in fanatical football country)

[Scuba]

2. Good to see. I'm for publicly calling these people out for their greed....

... give the electorate some real-world examples to consider.