One More Reason to Disdain Microsoft
It made a lot of goofy
left wing nutjobs insanely rich. Of course, if they hadn't had stock options, they would have been insanely middle class, being left wing nut jobs and all.
You know, if my start-up company experience had left me with fifteen million dollars, do you think I would be talking to a grief counselor about it? Heck, no, I'd be refusing to let
Bob Cratchit throw an extra log on the fire. You know why? Because I am a
capitalist. I like making money with money.
Imagine, cutting your
own children out of your legacy to better a foundation or a charity! Egads!
I can only hope we get to see some of these unhinged (I mean "enlightened and philanthropic") stock option millionaires
pulled naked from their pickup trucks someday.