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in a Disney cartoon full of same-sex couples blatantly dancing

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Whenever is see colonial types talking about 401k I always imagine Space Marines and intergalactic monsters doing their pension paperwork under a banker's lamp.

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This is the best book. Short, sweet, to the point. The author was a law professor at Cornell who, sadly, died of cancer recently.

The Shareholder Value Myth: How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public

https://www.amazon.com/Shar...

My MBA students staged a revolt when I covered the high points of the book in class one day.

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Not if I'm a Glitter Commissar or a Dance Commander.

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"In response, woke Wall Street investors sang "The Internationale" while burning themselves in effigy, and then they all carpooled in a Prius motorcade to the nearest abortionplex to read banned library books to drag queens."

Gold. Absolutely gold, Doc.

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Looks like their watching the NCAA tournament.

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I have always considered creditors as stakeholders in the practical sense.They get first dibs in bankruptcy.They put money in and usually get out more than the shareholders.

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I’ll give them a pass. We aren’t getting better Democrats from WV and MT anytime soon.

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pretty much my reaction

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Sigh. I guess I have to trade in my skinny black jeans, hoodie, Palestinian scarf ANTIFA outfit now!

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My guess is they knew that Biden would veto so no harm done.

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I dunot know why Amazon just doesn't hire 1 genius and call it a day.https://finance.yahoo.com/m...

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exactly.

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Two things:Financial groups supported the veto, because ESG accounts are popular;Republicans don't support fiduciary rules so it's rich (sorry) that they say they're against ESG because they think it's a betrayal of fiduciary responsibilities.

https://newrepublic.com/art...

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MAGA is really putting the hurt on the Republicans…that’s a good thing.

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So all that free market stuff republicans have yammered on about for decades was just a bunch of hooey

Who knew?

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