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Related: About this forumBernie Sanders Cheered Like a Rock Star at Verizon Picket Line, Rally 4/13/2016
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Bernie Sanders Cheered Like a Rock Star at Verizon Picket Line, Rally 4/13/2016 (Original Post)
NWCorona
Apr 2016
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pangaia
(24,324 posts)1. Love the guy.. One brave dude. The REAL DEAL !
FlatBaroque
(3,160 posts)3. my sentiments exactly!
yourpaljoey
(2,166 posts)2. Good to see Secret Service guys all around him
AzDar
(14,023 posts)4. Bernie "The Real Deal" Sanders!
2cannan
(344 posts)5. Excellent. Thanks for posting. nt
pdsimdars
(6,007 posts)6. An inspiration to watch that tireless old guy, working day and night to help those who need help.
Nanjeanne
(4,961 posts)7. My candidate for President!
Buddyblazon
(3,014 posts)8. Fuck yeah!
Can't fake that kind of reaction. That was absurd!
Punkingal
(9,522 posts)9. He is a rock star!
Skwmom
(12,685 posts)10. They got so greedy this country has reached a tipping point. n/t
Kittycat
(10,493 posts)11. That is awesome! He is everything we need, and
Everything the 1% fear the most.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)12. Cool.
K and R
amborin
(16,631 posts)13. meanwhile Verizon CEO & Execs Swarm Bernie:
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam published a lengthy essay on LinkedIn titled Feeling the Bern of Reality the Facts About Verizon and the Moral Economy, in which he called Sanderss views contemptible.
McAdam took issue with statements by Sanders blasting the companys tax avoidance and offshoring, and asked the senator to show me a company thats done to more to invest in America than Verizon.
I understand that rhetoric gets heated in a presidential campaign. I also get that big companies are an easy target for candidates looking for convenient villains for the economic distress felt by many of our citizens, he concluded. But when rhetoric becomes disconnected from reality, weve crossed a dangerous line. We deserve better from people aspiring to be president. At the very least, we should demand that candidates base their arguments on the facts even when they dont fit their campaign narratives.
The response to McAdams post was effusive from other Verizon executives:
Missing from the post and the congratulatory lovefest from executives was any recognition of the grievances of the striking workers. For example, McAdam complains about $1.4 billion in health care costs, but does not cite the fact that the company has seen spiking revenue for the past three years from $120.6 billion in 2013 to $131.6 billion in 2015.
Operating cash flow last year was at $38.9 billion. McAdams own compensation rose 16 percent from 2013 to 2014, topping out at $18.3 million.
https://theintercept.com/2016/04/13/verizon-ceo-attack-on-bernie-sanders-receives-gushing-praise-from-fellow-execs/
McAdam took issue with statements by Sanders blasting the companys tax avoidance and offshoring, and asked the senator to show me a company thats done to more to invest in America than Verizon.
I understand that rhetoric gets heated in a presidential campaign. I also get that big companies are an easy target for candidates looking for convenient villains for the economic distress felt by many of our citizens, he concluded. But when rhetoric becomes disconnected from reality, weve crossed a dangerous line. We deserve better from people aspiring to be president. At the very least, we should demand that candidates base their arguments on the facts even when they dont fit their campaign narratives.
The response to McAdams post was effusive from other Verizon executives:
Missing from the post and the congratulatory lovefest from executives was any recognition of the grievances of the striking workers. For example, McAdam complains about $1.4 billion in health care costs, but does not cite the fact that the company has seen spiking revenue for the past three years from $120.6 billion in 2013 to $131.6 billion in 2015.
Operating cash flow last year was at $38.9 billion. McAdams own compensation rose 16 percent from 2013 to 2014, topping out at $18.3 million.
https://theintercept.com/2016/04/13/verizon-ceo-attack-on-bernie-sanders-receives-gushing-praise-from-fellow-execs/
senz
(11,945 posts)14. Bernie is a real friend of working people.