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   ConserveGov said, over 1 year ago

   Well done Sir.
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   Rad-ish said, over 1 year ago

   Great fiction.
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   NebulousRikulau said, over 1 year ago

   This country NEEDS to preserve the vanishing jobs of the Conservative American CEO. We need more bailouts to continue their 50% annual raises and multi-million dollar bonuses. They are the JOB CREATORS! WE MUST SPEND MIDDLE CLASS TAX MONEY TO SUPPORT THOSE UNDERPRIVILEGED CORPORATE VULTURES!!!
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   MortyForTyrant said, over 1 year ago

   Don’t talk about 2016. Talk about 2014. Much closer. More drama. More punditry. Constant campaign, © Karl Rove. Thank you Karl…
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   narrowminded said, over 1 year ago

   @NebulousRikulau

   This country needs more Govn. spending to promote liberalism. Buying votes is the new norm. Buying jobs is now growing the economy. Taxation is now the way to prosperity.
   The un-American left at its best.
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   mikefive said, over 1 year ago

   @Rad-ish

   Not fiction, Radish. Today’s political reality, and not just the President. Look at the pork brought home by Congress. The Bridge to Nowhere. Jet engines the military didn’t want, etc.
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   ARodney said, over 1 year ago

   It is sad to lose the jobs. It’s sadder that management didn’t see this coming and wasn’t willing to adapt. Perhaps saddest that so many CEOs opposed true health-care reform that would have taken the responsibility for the health of all Americans, letting businesses concentrate on creating products and competing in a free market with the rest of the world.
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   Chillbilly said, over 1 year ago

   @Mr. King

   ^ Ditto.
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   coffee_mom11 said, over 1 year ago

   @ConserveGov

   Exactly — just a more modern version of vote buying that the Dems are famous for.
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    Rad-ish said, over 1 year ago

    @HOWGOZIT

    So show me the proof that any of this has happened.
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    Harleyquinn said, over 1 year ago

    Nice. but you forgot that they did go into Chapter 11 and a judge did give them a blue print to help survive. Obama stepped into it at GM BEFORE Chapter 11 in order to save the Unions.
    You need to add one more point. Make sure you illegally pay off the unsecured dept and not the secured debtors. That always brings confidence to investors… not.
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    Dredpiraterobt$ said, over 1 year ago

    Hostess isn’t a death, it’s a suicide!
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    It’s what happens. Venture cap comes in, buys the company with borrowed money, gives itself a huge bonus and then demands that the company pay off the debt. “If” it can’t then, “Oh well, we’ll have to declare bankruptsy” and the bond holders will get their money back from the asset sales.
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    The owners of Hostess don’t want to be in the bakery business! They want to be OUT of business ASAP! That’s why the company is declaring bankruptsy liquidation.
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    What we need is an “America’s best interests, first” amendment added to the Constitution. Your business can only act in the best interests of the nation if you want to have access to the US market. So if your companies objective is to mug a corporation and drain it of it’s value while offering nothing to the nation, Bang! You are shut out of the US markets! You can not do business with companies that do business in the US Markets.
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    The US market (us) is the golden opportunity of each and every corporation on the planet. Every company dreams of being big enough to compete in the US Markets. That is what this government has to bargain with!
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    When I was a corporate drone, my upper management types charged each and every company that wanted to have contact with me. If you wanted your product on our shelves, you had to pay rent for that space!
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    The US Government should do the exact same thing!
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    Before the righties get their whities tight, let me make sure that I say that this is absolutely NOT socialist or government control of the markets or central planning. This is “Follow the rules and you can stay, break the rules and you are GONE!” “Pay to play!” There’s no free lunch! Except that the government forgets to charge for it! And No! Creating taxpayers isn’t “enough.”
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    M Ster said, over 1 year ago

    I wonder how much of Hostess’ problem was a lack of effort in modernizing their product offerings. While Coca-Cola still offers Classic Coke, they also offer dozens of alternatives. Preferences change with time and demographics. Companies must adapt or…… I know, let’s blame it on the unions.
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    ansonia said, over 1 year ago

    @TimeWeaver

    Tim Collins, a Democrat, pumped in $130 million in order to obtain equity control of Hostess as it was emerging from its last bankruptcy. And Dick Gephardt, another prominent Democrat, whose consulting group just happens to also be an equity owner of Hostess.
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    mickey1339 said, over 1 year ago

    @Rad-ish

    This is the second bankruptcy for Hostess in the last 24 months. The unions took wage cuts once before. This contract the Teamsters approved the latest wage package, but the Bakers union didn’t. They didn’t even send their top guy to the last mediation ordered by the court. The Bakers unions still refused to negotiate. As such Hostess will go into liquidation phase of the Chapter 11 filing. It was rumored that there were buyers that would take over the company and maintain the union contracts. That was the rumor heard in the Bakers group and thought to be the reason they were so determined not to accept the latest company offer. So far that hasn’t come about and 18,500 are out of work.
    The who said what and all the blaming and finger pointing can go on but the one fact remains: 18,500 people are out on the street in a weak economy with skills that are not in great demand .
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