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Drale

(7,932 posts) Tue Nov 20, 2012, 12:27 PM Nov 2012

Anyone else notice [View all]

That when Hostess thought they could cut and run with huge bonuses, they had no problem liquidating the entire company but once the government stepped in and said oh hell no to those bonus they all of a sudden decided to negotiate?

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Anyone else notice [View all] Drale Nov 2012 OP

Greedy Bloodsucking Leaches! n/t sheshe2 Nov 2012 #1

KICK patrice Nov 2012 #2

Excellent point! jorno67 Nov 2012 #3

I loved seeing, '...U.S. Trustee, an agent of the U.S. DOJ who oversees bankruptcy cases...' Sweet! freshwest Nov 2012 #5

I guess I missed "the government stepped in" do you have a link? AnotherDreamWeaver Nov 2012 #4

Yes, you must have missed them. Here is one of the links: freshwest Nov 2012 #6

Thank you, AnotherDreamWeaver Nov 2012 #22

Maybe they had twinkies shoved up places that no twinkies should go. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #7

They already do that, Unknown Beatle Nov 2012 #8

TMI! TMI! TMI!!!! HopeHoops Nov 2012 #9

Awww! meeshrox Nov 2012 #15

Someone should ask former GOP Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney what he thinks. nc4bo Nov 2012 #10

These private equity firms ought to be charged with racketeering meow2u3 Nov 2012 #11

A perfect example of "suicide Union busting" Great Caesars Ghost Nov 2012 #12

They've been studying the airline industry DemoTex Nov 2012 #14

I noticed that shit!!! Dr Rise Nov 2012 #13

Why, yes, yes I did. bluedigger Nov 2012 #16

people of the pampered poodle class using people as toilet paper - this model has to go leftyohiolib Nov 2012 #17

Me! I was thinking the exact same thing yesterday. lexw Nov 2012 #18

Yep! catchnrelease Nov 2012 #19

Let us now break bread together... dem4ward Nov 2012 #20

People like this ought to be tarred and feathered. nt raccoon Nov 2012 #21

The 1% are killing the Twinkie. This time it's personal. Fire Walk With Me Nov 2012 #23