tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14041107.post4201824787940141756..comments2024-01-24T13:48:22.659-08:00Comments on DADvocate: Of Scorpions and FrogsDADvocatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04621021178600799126noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14041107.post-43568499562391456412009-03-26T13:07:00.000-07:002009-03-26T13:07:00.000-07:00what gets my goat over this is how they are able t...what gets my goat over this is how they are able to compartmentalize money in their own minds like that... Happens in my company too. There is no money for anything, unless it comes from this bucket over there. It's is astounding how many opportunities are lost because money can't be released.<BR/><BR/>that's the same thing as saying well we're not using TARP money for this... what, you're not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14041107.post-6194980393704209442009-03-24T05:50:00.000-07:002009-03-24T05:50:00.000-07:00Psycho - I'm not particularly upset over it either...Psycho - I'm not particularly upset over it either. And, I wasn't particularly upset over the AIG bonuses either. I'm more upset over Congress and Obama just blindly throwing money out there, hoping something good happens and getting upset when something they don't like happens although they made no plans to prevent it.<BR/><BR/>Good point about the jobs. Those AIG bonuses would have led to jobs DADvocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621021178600799126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14041107.post-69417422095352733172009-03-23T19:43:00.000-07:002009-03-23T19:43:00.000-07:00Oddly I find myself not overly upset about this pl...Oddly I find myself not overly upset about this plan. The purchase of these jets helps General Dynamics (the American company that owns Gulfstream) and thus jobs at General Dynamics/Gulfstream. Also the remodeling/updating of the hanger again creates more jobs as well as staff to maintain the jets and the hanger. These are concrete purchases of tangible assets with know results.<BR/><BR/>I'm Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com