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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSince he's supposed to be so good at it let's see Mitt Romney turn Hostess around.
I hear he's available and needs a job...
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Since he's supposed to be so good at it let's see Mitt Romney turn Hostess around. (Original Post)
TeamPooka
Nov 2012
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Indydem
(2,642 posts)1. Job #1 - FIRE UNION EMPLOYEES AND HIRE NON-UNION.
Cleita
(75,480 posts)2. That's not his game.
Squeezing all the money and assets out of a company and then walking away from the destruction left behind is his game.
TeamPooka
(25,455 posts)3. I know but imagine him taking over any company now while the world watched?
every move he made?
That would be awesome.
nopt for the workers but people would finally see it live
Cleita
(75,480 posts)4. Nobody would be watching. His fifteen minutes of fame is over. n/t
TeamPooka
(25,455 posts)9. IMHO We have not seen the last of that asshole, unfortunately
zbdent
(35,392 posts)5. essentially had been done to Hostess before ...
they made $110 M in profits, none of it back into the company, but into the vulture capitalists who "invested" in it for the short-term gain ...
onecent
(6,096 posts)6. No, I would refuse to eat any EVER! n/t
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)7. rMoney's got too many Twinkies up his ass (along with his head) to do that.
demwing
(16,916 posts)10. Romney can "save" Hostess
by shipping operations to China. and the Chinese will do for snacks what they did for toys - fill them full of lead.
OMG, this really wasn't funny--and its too late for campaign season-but think of the slogan:
"Romney/Ryan: Put some lead in your Twinkie!"