Comments by "A.J. Hart" (@cobbler88) on "Elon Musk Calls Robert Reich A Moron" video.

  1. It's never taken much insight to be on to Reich's game. He rose to prominence under Clinton, and rarely did any of the things he said on the very public issues actually passed the economic smell test.
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  2. So you must battle through horrible, cringey lines to seduce an 18yo counter girl. Got it. :)
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  3. Would anyone else roll the dice on trying to replace two employees who demanded ANNUAL raises of $5K? Every decade you''ll pay at least an additional $100K in salary with no additional production from those two employees. Maybe making two $50K employees become two $150K employees after 20 years wasn't part of the business plan, especially while getting no additional work out of them. It makes it tough to grow the business when two people are suddenly chewing up so much salary overhead as well. How many additional employees can be brought on? Also, does it seem odd that two who "helped build the company" were on the outside looking in regarding reaping the benefits if they were so irreplacable? I've been head hunted as well. But I WAS replaced at my former company because it was required. The work didn't get done as well, but it was done well enough by my replacement. Graciously, this sounds more like two people who already had jobs lined up who then made steep salary demands, abruptly left the company high and dry without the ability to phase in replacements, and the market itself eventually took care of that business as it would have otherwise.
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  4.  @caseycamachoperez7774  The two things are not necessarily related, but I understand the line of thinking.. Look at it like this: If 20 companies offer an employee $50K a year, and two others offer $60K or $40K, that doesn't mean the market dictates that that employee is worth $60/$40K. The market still says he's a $50K employee. Anomalies don't define the market. We can't take our cues from sports contracts and buy into media misuse of language. I've been in the media in major league and major D-1 markets for decades. We're absolutely ruining the language. Just because A market believes it should still be paying Bobby Bonilla doesn't mean THE market thought so. 🤣 Take care.
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