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 <grussg...@gmail.com> 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 <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > it was publicly traded as I understand it > > > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 9:51 PM, Gruss Gott <grussg...@gmail.com> 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 <dana.tier...@gmail.com> 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:345613 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm