Message #15917

[uselesslegs]

It's funny, because he's proved again and again, he's in the same wheelhouse of scumbag as Trump, but because he's not so IN YOUR FACE about it, he gets some kind of pass...that he shouldn't.

He made money by investing(buying) companies, then harvesting them in various ways (bankrupting them *purposely*, raiding pensions under really crafty loopholes that weren't illegal but still stole and lessened people's retirements under the multifaceted *restructuring* facade, once *in charge* getting said company to take out a 1.25 BILLION dollar loan like they did with Dunkin Brands Inc. and then pay themselves a 500 MILLION dollar *tribute payment* or as they term it *dividend*, off shoring more jobs than you can shake a stick at).  Was that the ONLY way they made money? No. Sometimes the pay off was just as good by actually letting the company grow and earning their dividends that way because the company was prospering.  This, however, wasn't a dynamic or mission statement of ethics laden intent.  There was no, "We'll ALWAYS try it this way first, because we carreeeee."  It was first and foremost, "which ever way the profit wind is blow'in, we're goin...sorry 'bout your luck if it happens to be a tsunami of fuck for you..dems da brakes."

Ripping off the cyclical nature of our economy by keeping his money out of the system...not only for tax purposes, but out of U.S. banks that in turn make loans to new aspiring entrepreneurs...what a patriot.

He's just a scumbag with a pretty exterior who ultimately didn't give a shit HOW he made his cash. You invest in a PE deal to make money not to grow businesses. And not to create jobs. Whether he helped people (businesses) or hurt them...same difference.  Money's money.  How you get to it doesn't matter...the end goal is the same...profit baby!