Re: Brin takes on the right

2003-10-14 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 11:24 AM 10/1/2003 -0700 d.brin wrote: >These are some long-term palliatives that are long overdue. Tax laws >should favor, rather than inhibit, employee stock plans that >gradually ramp up worker ownership of their own companies. I don't know that this is a "long-term palliative." 1) Emp

Re: Brin takes on the right

2003-10-01 Thread Damon Agretto
> I had thought that this particular abuse was already > made illegal in > Teddy Roosevelt's time, when the Anti Trust Act > banned "interlocking > directorates". I keep expecting that clause to be > brought out, > dusted off and used to send these bastards to jail. > But so far, > nothing.

Re: Brin takes on the right

2003-10-01 Thread Jan Coffey
--- "d.brin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Dan read a book awhile back, when he was working on rewriting the bylaws > >for his company, that stated that the board of directors of a company > >needed to take 3 groups into consideration: > > > >1) Employees > >2) Shareholders > >3) Community

Brin takes on the right

2003-10-01 Thread d.brin
Dan read a book awhile back, when he was working on rewriting the bylaws for his company, that stated that the board of directors of a company needed to take 3 groups into consideration: 1) Employees 2) Shareholders 3) Community in which the company operated What I've seen lately has me believin