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Brigid

(17,621 posts) Wed Dec 12, 2012, 10:01 PM Dec 2012

Think today's CEOs are bad? They are, but get a load of this guy:

I first heard of Henry Frick on History Channel's "The Men Who Built America."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Frick

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Think today's CEOs are bad? They are, but get a load of this guy: (Original Post) Brigid Dec 2012 OP

Ah, Robber Barons. HughBeaumont Dec 2012 #1

They are working on it and when pushed will be about the same. TheKentuckian Dec 2012 #2

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)

1. Ah, Robber Barons.

Reply to Brigid (Original post)

Wed Dec 12, 2012, 10:11 PM

Dec 2012

It's comforting for our CEOs to know that no such fate befalls them.

It's also comforting that more than a few CEOs wish they could get away with the bullshit Hank Frick pulled on strikers.

TheKentuckian

(25,026 posts)

2. They are working on it and when pushed will be about the same.

Reply to Brigid (Original post)

Wed Dec 12, 2012, 10:20 PM

Dec 2012

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