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April 13, 2009

Gratitude amidst the flying tea bags

I hope each and every one of us pauses for a few moments on April 15, as the lunatic fringe toss tea bags, to be thankful that our having paid legalized extortion at the gas pumps last summer (remember $4 gas?!?) helped pave the way for Exxon Mobil to give CEO Rex Tillerson a 10% raise. Oh sure, myself and many thousands of others have lost our jobs. But that's no reason not to celebrate Tillerson's $23.9 million per year compensation package. By golly at least someone is getting rich at our expense...

All hail the allegedly "free market" which in it's infinite wisdom knows whom among us deserves to get a huge raise and who deserves to be laid off. Surely some of the $91,573 Tillerson is paid for his car and personal driver will... trickle down to those of us so utterly unworthy of such bounty. Right?

Kinda makes you wanna join the GOP and toss a few tea bags too, huh?

I mean, imagine how much greater the divine justice would be if in addition to losing your job you also lost key benefits like... oh, I dunno... unemployment benefits? Heck, your kids don't really NEED to eat, do they?

Posted by Kevin at April 13, 2009 12:54 PM