Posted on 01/24/2008 5:54:32 PM PST by BurbankKarl
She hasn’t talked to me yet BK so I don’t think she is series...
The richest man in post colonial America was George Washington, one of the richest men in Rome was Julius Caesar. Nothing new under the sun.
Most of us just sit on the sidelines and complain. Donate a little here and there, volunteer from time to time, and complain some more. It gets frustrating. I understand completely the impulse to get up out of the cheap seats and get into the game.
People who have enjoyed considerable professional success tend to be high-energy types with abundant self-confidence. Plus they have the advantages of time, money, and substantial, already-established support networks. It's natural that they would want to get involved.
That said, businessmen usually don't do well. This is unfortunate. Our politics is dominated by lawyers and/or professional pols who have done nothing but seek office since they ran for hall monitor in third grade. I have nothing against the occasional lawyer in politics but we badly need to broaden the recruitment pool.
No, she just helped take it public for them.
Yes it grew when she was there. Whether she is responsible for much of that growth is debatable.
Yeah, and GE grew while Jack Welch was CEO. I suppose you'll say it's debatable if he was responsible for that growth, too. She came onboard when ebay was a disorganized blip on the internet and built it into a company that does $7.6 billion in business. Arguable the largest, most profitable all-internet company going. And you don't think any of that was due to her?
But in the process of trying to milk it for all its worth she’s damaged it as well. eBay isn’t what it use to be. I’ve been using it for 10 years and purchased over $100k through them. Those days are over.
Well that's the business strategy today. Build value for your investors regardless of what it does to your customers because if you're big enough new customers will come along. And if business goes south you can always lay people off. By the standards of business today she's a genius and has done an incredible job.
If she runs the state like eBay, on some days your house will be frozen. Other days you won’t be able to get in. Sometimes you won’t be allowed paint the trim, change a door or patch a leaky roof. And if you’re really unlucky, your house could be lost.
What the #$*I%&! is wrong with the GOP? Who will they try to recruit next? Hannah Montana?
I’m just cranky that the once great resource of eBay isn’t what it use to be.
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