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The economic mess we are in now is not simple.
Despite the fact that there are social forces and technological "advancements" behind this Second Depression, the Republicans -- whose cheerleaders falsely tout personal responsibility as the hallmark of American conservatism -- bear more than the brunt of the blame.
I could understand a left-wing member of Congress -- a creature like the unicorn, a myth -- standing up and saying that the executives must decrease their bloated salaries but I can not understand these coifed, powdered and pampered right-wing Southern politicians demanding that American workers, employed by American companies, bring their salaries in line with the workers of his state who are employed by foreign concerns.
The magnanimous CEO of Ford Malally offered to take a one year salary of $1, if -- notice that the word is if, the same sort of dare a spoiled 10-year-old uses against a parent -- Congress will ease his company out of the mess that he helped create.
Malally should work for $1 for one year regardless of whether Mommy Congress pays his bills or not. And not a "suspended" salary to be restored should the Gordian knot be untied.
I am a Baby Boomer. When I was in college, it was the academic failures -- the people who flunked out of premed and engineering -- who turned to business. Look what they wrought.
