Marie Antoinette Reincarnated?

In a perfect example of clueless politicians and CEO’s, a New York Times article reports that workers in an Omaha factory will lose a day’s pay when the plant closes for a speech by President Bush, telling them how they’re going to be helped by tax cuts for their rich owners. This doesn’t seem to bother either Dubya or the company CEO, Brad Crosby. I guess Dubya’s head has been so swelled by the press ooohing and aahhing over his Top Gun shenanigans that he honestly believes any American would gladly sacrifice a day’s pay to bask in his presence. And Mr. Crosby has probably attended so many expensive Republican fund-raisers that he thinks his employees are getting a bargain by sacrificing only a day’s pay. The article reports that 300 hourly employees are affected; considering the average gap between CEO’s and employees today, a day’s pay for 300 employees is probably less than a day’s pay for Mr. Crosby. The article says that Mr. Crosby told Associated Press that he had not spoken to any employees who were unhappy. Very clever wording .. he didn’t say there were no unhappy employees, he just hasn’t spoken to them. And if they don’t like it, they can eat cake.