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(20 posts) Wed Jul 29, 2015, 02:57 PM Jul 2015

"Outrage" That "Exploited" AT&T CEO Got Only $75 Million on retirement - Former GOP Senator [View all]

Can't make this stuff up, folks:

Phil Gramm, a former three-term Republican senator from Texas who once ran the Senate Banking Committee, told the House Financial Services Committee yesterday that “it was an outrage” that his friend Edward Whitacre, the CEO of AT&T, only got “$75 million” when he retired in 2007.

“If there’s ever been an exploited worker” it was Whitacre, said Gramm.

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"Outrage" That "Exploited" AT&T CEO Got Only $75 Million on retirement - Former GOP Senator [View all] pancha Jul 2015 OP

Oh, the poor baby! I think all of them get too damn much and we the people are start correcting this Stargazer99 Jul 2015 #1

Maybe he should mercuryblues Jul 2015 #2

how about "first one with their KatyMan Jul 2015 #3

Worked with the Ceaucescus. hifiguy Jul 2015 #28

How many workers had to be laid off and exploited? lpbk2713 Jul 2015 #4

Phil Gramm? Octafish Jul 2015 #5

he is one of those people most responcible SoLeftIAmRight Jul 2015 #11

After helping plan (or letting happen) the crime, Gramm drove the getaway car. Octafish Jul 2015 #14

Thanks Octafish 1norcal Jul 2015 #27

Yep... IthinkThereforeIAM Jul 2015 #47

+1. 'It's bigotry, bigotry against the successful! He was exploited, it's an outrage!' appalachiablue Jul 2015 #50

Let's not forget ... staggerleem Jul 2015 #19

Thank you for reminding me. Phil ''fixed'' that with his wife, Wendy Gramm, didn't he? Octafish Jul 2015 #22

Yeah - Wendy was an Enron Board member! staggerleem Aug 2015 #79

Yep. And he was McCain's "financial advisor" during the 2008 campaign. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2015 #58

OMG Dopers_Greed Jul 2015 #62

I fully believe that was the day that he lost the Presidency. staggerleem Aug 2015 #80

Surely not the Bill Clinton that is the husband of the annointed Hillary? erronis Jul 2015 #20

I heard it on Fox noise. Octafish Jul 2015 #25

Yep, republicans love to point out that Bill Clinton SIGNED the bill repealing Trailrider1951 Jul 2015 #42

Treasury Secretary Larry Summers supported it, and talked Bill Clinton into signing it. Fortinbras Armstrong Aug 2015 #69

S&L's 4Q2u2 Jul 2015 #61

Holy shit! If that site does not illustrate the merger of corporation and State........ newthinking Jul 2015 #63

Oh Octa, that's going to ruffle a few feathers! Raster Aug 2015 #68

kicking n/t Hotler Jul 2015 #6

I've come to the conclusion these 1%ers seriously don't get it. jalan48 Jul 2015 #7

Approaching? I see Marie in their rearview mirror eating their dust. KnR. nt tblue37 Jul 2015 #32

LOL-Let them eat McDonalds! jalan48 Jul 2015 #34

Talk about your sense of entitlement! Pharaoh Jul 2015 #8

All I can say is.... Initech Jul 2015 #9

And... SoapBox Jul 2015 #10

World's tiniest violin playing just for the AT&T CEO. Initech Jul 2015 #53

Ordinary people are lucky if the end of their jobs includes two-weeks notice. NT Eric J in MN Jul 2015 #12

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." neeksgeek Jul 2015 #13

Not the Onion? TexasMommaWithAHat Jul 2015 #15

I'm sure fucktard is totally OK that many of that guys ee retired with next to nothing. lark Jul 2015 #16

Of course I am only a nurse timdog44 Jul 2015 #17

I'll take dementia if it puts $75M in my bank and a will to donate to good causes. erronis Jul 2015 #21

Was he (Gramm) working on commission? Solly Mack Jul 2015 #18

Really? Jean Genie Jul 2015 #23

They really are hifiguy Jul 2015 #24

They really are. Talk about disconnected from the real world. GoneFishin Aug 2015 #70

Where's the outrage for the rest of us, Mr. Gramm? mwooldri Jul 2015 #26

Per An Article I Read Here At DU. . . ProfessorGAC Jul 2015 #31

And he actually got double that, anyway. DirkGently Jul 2015 #29

He said that with a straight face? truebrit71 Jul 2015 #30

His retirement package includes "free health insurance for life" for himself and his family. Eric J in MN Jul 2015 #33

. ctsnowman Aug 2015 #71

Jeez, sounds like something straight outta the Onion. nt MrScorpio Jul 2015 #35

Phil, you are delusional and delirious. We can no longer listen to these crazy-makers. Dont call me Shirley Jul 2015 #36

I know a conservative that believes republicans are the ones that fight for the little guy.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #37

Poor man. How can he eke out an existence on a pittance like $75 million? Vinca Jul 2015 #38

Not the Onion? Really? nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2015 #39

Phil is one of many truly disgusting sulphurdunn Jul 2015 #40

My sentiments, exactly... IthinkThereforeIAM Jul 2015 #48

That's the same Phil Graham The Wizard Jul 2015 #41

When every woman in America has been so "outraged", then we can rest Demeter Jul 2015 #43

he dresses up like Thatcher on weekends olddots Jul 2015 #44

Another conservative... americannightmare Jul 2015 #45

OFFS ...cried in a river and it was still dry. L0oniX Jul 2015 #46

Phil Gramm is a scumbag dem in texas Jul 2015 #49

LMAO PatrickforO Jul 2015 #51

Never enough Diremoon Jul 2015 #52

Phil Gramm is an outrage. nt silvershadow Jul 2015 #54

K&R Scuba Jul 2015 #55

And Gramm has been peddling that line for years! CBHagman Jul 2015 #56

He needs to be checked for lead poisoning. bluedigger Jul 2015 #57

Beyond absurd. moondust Jul 2015 #59

If Edward spends $1M/year for the rest of his life, he will die very rich. nt NCjack Jul 2015 #60

I started working when I was 18 awoke_in_2003 Jul 2015 #64

What an jackass! nt wolfie001 Jul 2015 #65

Is this a joke? Because the real outrage is the Gramm-Leach_Bliley Act that valerief Jul 2015 #66

Phil Gramm- and he's serious!?! appalachiablue Jul 2015 #67

I'd accept 1/100th of that as a pension and consider myself lucky. Exilednight Aug 2015 #72

Graham also said in 2008 that dobleremolque Aug 2015 #73

Fuck louis-t Aug 2015 #74

But the service ATT gives doesn't outrage him? Phil Graham outrages me. marble falls Aug 2015 #75

Business and Political corruption polynomial Aug 2015 #78

What planet does Phil Gramm come from? tartan2 Aug 2015 #76

Poor guy should have invested more in his 401K Orrex Aug 2015 #77