Friday, April 4th, 2008
Make the Shitpile higher…
Unemployment hits 5.1% as employers eliminate 80,000 jobs. Here in Austin, Dell is closing its North Austin factory, and hints that more (grunt-level) job cuts are on the way. Why Michael Dell’s salary isn’t one of the things being cut is a question that the computer giant refuses to answer.
Well, one surge seems to be working, at least. The surge of money from the wallets of the “lucky duckies” to the Ken Lays and Dennis Kozlowskis of the world. It’s almost as if we’re paying taxes not to the American government, but to corporate bigwigs, instead.
