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I am a job creator: A manifesto for the entitled
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/i-am-a-job-creator-a-manifesto-for-the-entitled/2012/09/28/756f2e90-07ee-11e2-858a-5311df86ab04_print.htmlBest thing you'll read in a week. Things you thought and said yourself, read elsewhere, and a bunch you know are true but never thought of before -- all in one place and completely convincing!!! Please share this widely!
I am a job creator: A manifesto for the entitled
By Steven Pearlstein, Published: September 29
I am a corporate chief executive.
I am a business owner.
I am a private-equity fund manager.
I am the misunderstood superhero of American capitalism, single-handedly creating wealth and prosperity despite all the obstacles put in my way by employees, government and the media.
I am a job creator and I am entitled.
I am entitled to complain about the economy even when my stock price, my portfolio and my profits are at record levels.
I am entitled to a healthy and well-educated workforce, a modern and efficient transportation system and protection for my person and property, just as I am entitled to demonize the government workers who provide them.
I am entitled to complain bitterly about taxes that are always too high, even when they are at record lows.
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I am a job creator: A manifesto for the entitled (Original Post)
OrwellwasRight
Sep 2012
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CBHagman
(16,986 posts)1. Pearlstein is great at cutting through the crap...
...but here he really outdid himself. One of the scathing pieces I've read in ages.
OrwellwasRight
(5,170 posts)3. Yeah, he did not hold back at all! nt
Ash_F
(5,861 posts)2. Surprised to see this in the Post.
Thanks OP.
OrwellwasRight
(5,170 posts)4. You're welcome!