On 5/4/2021 12:49 PM, Ralph Mowery wrote:
In article , "frank says...

I especially liked the part where the judge asked the NRA to explain an
obvious conflict. The NRA wants to declare bankruptcy, but at the same time
they apparently sent a newsletter to their members in which they claimed to
be in the best financial shape ever. One of these things is not like the
other.


I guess neither of you understand how big business works.



Big business is set up to screw over the little people than mostly built
the business, or the stock holders.

The company I worked for was started in the local area around 1965 with
many good benefits and mainly a very good retirement. Around 1990 to
2010 it was sold several times , each time the benefits and retirement
were reduced. As far as the local workers nothing changed but a new
plant manager. By selling the company the eairly retirement benefits
were sort of null and void and the new company could dictate the new
benefits. It cost me and others around $ 1000 to $ 1500 a month in
retirement pension.

There are companies like a power company in California that about 10
years ago declared bankruptcy. The power never quit flowing,but the
stock holders were left without any stock.

Didn't GM sort of do the same thing ?


My employer was a lot bigger and older and now a shell of itself. Our
pension and health benefits come from a spinoff who is screwing us now
dropping dental coverage.

I recall there were maybe 6 company planes and during a business crunch
a VP wrote a note to the department about using both sides of a sheet of
paper and saving paper clips while traveling off with his wife to the US
Open in a company plane. These people lived large.

I'm an NRA lifer and note with 5 million members and $45 annual dues
there is a lot of money there. Also there is income from advertising in
their magazines. LaPierre lives large like other big organization leaders.