oh come on.... a campaign narrative that's completely true and factual? Now you *do* have my BS detector going ;)
On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, I would say those people don't have facts on their side. > > Romney founded a PE company that's doing quite well - that's not easy. In > addition he was a key contributor to a company that helps other companies > do well; the only one of its type that will take stock in lieu of fees ( vs > BCG and McK ) > > So whatever else you may say about him, you can't factually say he hasn't > been a strong contributor the the US economy - and therefore he's a job > creator by the facts. > > Thus those people who question the narrative are quite wrong. > > > > On Jan 20, 2012, at 3:19 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I am not here to argue the point. I dislike Romney but at least he is > sane, > > unlike most of his opponents. Just pointing out that some people question > > his narrative. > > > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> > >> My only point would be that the shareholders decided to take it private > - > >> which is usually either because they're in big trouble or they > collectively > >> decide its time to cash out and take profits. > >> > >> Either way, it was the shareholders call to sell. If Bain bought and > sold > >> for profit then they must have created value to some buyer - in general > I'm > >> not seeing the problem here. > >> > >> My guess would be that the company was struggling and wouldve gone > >> bankrupt without PE intervention. > >> > >> This was much the case with Burger King and Toys r Us, both Bain > purchases > >> that both would've died without them. > >> > >> I look at that as a positive win for both companies and their employees. > >> > >> > >> > >> On Jan 20, 2012, at 10:18 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> it was publicly traded as I understand it > >>> > >>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 9:51 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> You win some you lose some. It was Bains company to do with what they > >>>> wanted. Would it have lasted on its own without them? Why was it > sold > >> to > >>>> them? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Jan 19, 2012, at 11:39 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> for what it may be worth, one Florida's experience with Bain Capital > >> does > >>>>> not support the refrain of job creation: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >> > http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/18/2596300/in-miami-story-of-profits-and.html > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345622 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
