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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: kahunabear who wrote (28273)	5/18/1998 10:57:00 PM
From: HH	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Whipsaw, As Dylan said, "A Hard Rain is gonna fall" HH

To: kahunabear who wrote (28273)	5/18/1998 10:59:00 PM
From: Thorr	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

The guys in Forbes (smithers) estimated options would add as much as 2.5 pct to the annual wage #'s sounds high to me.

To: kahunabear who wrote (28273)	5/19/1998 10:33:00 AM
From: Knighty Tin	Respond to of 132070

Whip, Let's take the example of one average worker, a guy named Michael Dell. His options and stock from last year are worth $65 million. His salary is $750,000. His salary didn't go up. No inflation. <G> O.K., he may not exactly be typical. The real losers in this game are the employees. When the market goes down, not only will their options be worth zilch, they will probably lose their jobs. Just as the options scams have leveraged eps and the wealth effect on the way up, that leverage, plus the interest on the debt, will be exacerbated on the way down. MB