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To: TimF who wrote (148218)	7/14/2002 7:44:34 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572802

2 - Many of them are not Republicans. Perhaps a majority are but not an overwhelming majority. These two sentences negate each other. Those that are republican often are relatively moderate you don't see too many strong outspoken conservatives among the CEOs of large corporations. No offense......but what does it matter if they are moderately conservative or severely conservative? at least with McAuliffe and Gebhardt you can vote them out of office.......can't do that with these asshole CEOs The companies don't have power over you the way the government does. They can't increase your taxes, send you to prison, draft you in to the army, declare that a snail or rat on our land in endangered and thus turn your 10 million dollar developable property in to a $50k non developable property, and they can't force you to deal only with them. If I dislike Exxon Mobil, there are other gas companies I can buy gas from. Even with near monopolies like Intel and Microsoft there is competition, I can buy a computer with an AMD chip that runs Linux and Star Office. Or I can just decide not to buy a particular product. I am a lot more concerned with ass holes and jerks in elected office, as judges, or as senior burocrats, where they have the power to compel by force, then I am about such people being CEOs, unless I am a shareholder or employee of the corporation they head. If I am I can always sell my shares or change jobs. Once again, we disagree......people have lost tons of money because CEOs have lied. They invested in companies like WCOM and ENE because they were told they were making money only to find out too late that it was all lies. A judge can put you into jail if you break the law but at least you know where the danger lies. With these corporate lies and lack of integrity, its hard to read who's honest and who's not. That's why people are fleeing the markets left and right. Electing even a president has never had that impact. ted