Monday, May 16, 2005
glenn tilton, united's chairman and ceo, received $1.2 million in compensation in 2004, including a bonus of more than $366,000. the federal judge ruled that they did not have to pay pensions that people have been carefully planning on with the "new and improved personalization systems" for health care and social security. pensions that had been promised years ago were lost for a one-time bonus that took only minutes to decide. bethlehem steel had a similar situation, and goodyear appeared to be one of the next possibilities on the news last night. after a similar bonus for their ceo, goodyear workers already have to make monthly payments to keep their pensions...which is basically like cutting their pensions anyway, and kind of defeats the purpose in my opinion. my dad helped shut down one of their factories when people had guts. unfortunately, these people will also suffer for the lack thereof on the part of the younger generations. today's news mentioned a steady box office decline this year, and of course, it is obviously because of people's preference to wait until things come out on video...who prefers that huge blaring screen that's always blocked by a couple big heads in front of you anyway? it has nothing to do with the parallel decline of the economy. on another note, after annihilating the iraqi population, it looks as though bush has secured a reliable source of oil, which is resulting in lower gas prices. somehow, all of those dead innocent people don't seem worth the few cents we have been saving recently. i now regret ever having complained and recind anything i have ever said about the rising gas prices.madame le professeur at 11:43 PM
