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PA_jen

(1,114 posts)
Wed May 11, 2022, 12:06 PM May 2022

It should be illegal for companies to lay off thousands and then that same day announce record

profits or buying another company for millions/billions.


https://www.democraticunderground.com/111693217.

Western European countries have laws that force Corporations to be responsible and their countries are better for it.

Yes I know easier said than done.

Yes, Lobbyist, Citizens United and the GOP.

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It should be illegal for companies to lay off thousands and then that same day announce record (Original Post) PA_jen May 2022 OP
What are you, a communist? sop May 2022 #1
So should they wait a week or two weeks WhiskeyGrinder May 2022 #2
How about a Quarter. I you are making record breaking profit for 2nd Quarter then maybe that profit PA_jen May 2022 #3
Worked for a company once who cut hourly employee wages, cut benefits, raised salary wages, Emile May 2022 #4

sop

(10,177 posts)
1. What are you, a communist?
Wed May 11, 2022, 12:23 PM
May 2022

This is America, where billionaires are deified, corporations are people and the only thing that matters is profit. You, me and everyone else are merely dispensable cogs in the wealth machine.

PA_jen

(1,114 posts)
3. How about a Quarter. I you are making record breaking profit for 2nd Quarter then maybe that profit
Wed May 11, 2022, 12:52 PM
May 2022

should go to support your workers instead of the pocket of CEO and boards and stockholders.

But you know I'm a Crzy Liberal/progressive.

Emile

(22,741 posts)
4. Worked for a company once who cut hourly employee wages, cut benefits, raised salary wages,
Wed May 11, 2022, 12:59 PM
May 2022

and raised the price of our product. Then they had the audacity to send each hourly employee a thank you card explaining how our concessions was making the company more competitive in the marketplace.

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