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DefenseLawyer

(11,101 posts) Sun Jun 23, 2013, 10:02 PM Jun 2013

Hostess gets the Bain Capital treatment. [View all]

Private equity buys the "bankrupt" company for millions, restarts the brand after destroying the good paying union jobs of its employees and leaving the taxpayers holding the bag on their pensions. Get ready for lots of feel good stories after the "comeback" of the Twinkie with its part-time, minimum wage, no-benefits workforce! Eat up, America.

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Hostess gets the Bain Capital treatment. [View all] DefenseLawyer Jun 2013 OP

kr. it would be laughable if it weren't so tragic. grand larceny usa HiPointDem Jun 2013 #1

As much as I miss Hostess, Jamaal510 Jun 2013 #2

I thought they were amusing as a cultural touchstone, but I haven't eaten the crap in decades. MADem Jun 2013 #3

Never had any of their products csziggy Jun 2013 #4

You honestly are not missing a thing. They just aren't very good. nt MADem Jun 2013 #5

so beside the point HiPointDem Jun 2013 #14

Little Debbies are so much better, the quality is better Raine Jun 2013 #15

I won't be buying their crap. Loki Jun 2013 #6

The Bain Capital treatment is what killed them in the first place jmowreader Jun 2013 #7

+800,000,000 thelordofhell Jun 2013 #8

Union-busting. Hissyspit Jun 2013 #9

Here is a question for you. Was the offer to the unions cstanleytech Jun 2013 #10

Are you talking about the offer to the unions that happened just before they closed? jmowreader Jun 2013 #11

. blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #12

Tonight's News on CBS & NBC both blamed the unions stuffmatters Jun 2013 #13

Thank you. Starry Messenger Jun 2013 #16