Calmer than I would have been.

Want more of the same, guess who to vote for?

Oh, and lets not forget that Obama was going to renegotiate NAFTA. Guess his corporate bosses weren't too happy about that idea.

And announced a dividend to shareholders on Monday.

But we are supposed to think they had to close these Carrier facilities for "business reasons".

The reason is so they can increase their business profits so they can get their $500,000 quarterly bonuses.

My dad, now retired, jokes about the time his company laid off 20 guys making $20,000/yr so that the CEO could make his profit threshold and pocket his $500,000 quarterly bonus in the face of a recession, even though the company as a whole was actually doing quite well. This was a guy already pulling in a $5 million dollar salary.

Sociopaths. The lot of them are, as my ex-husband would say, 'a waste of skin'.

First thing I do is check corporate performance when they announce layoffs.

Profitable companies shutting down American facilities... Ugh.

I would like economics to be taught in school, but I think you've demonstrated why it will never happen.