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Re:The Dumbest Idea In The World: Maximizing Shareholder Value by GrowMap on Monday December 26, 2011 @06:27PM (#3394206)
"On the other hand running my business the way I want doesn't present a clear harm to others, so I can't."

I beg to differ. How corporations are run harms so many others that it amazes me that you would even say that. What about all the "down-sized" workers whose pensions were gutted and benefits taken away - or the workers who lose their lives because companies care more about the bottom line than they do about safety?

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Re:The Dumbest Idea In The World: Maximizing Shareholder Value by icebraining on Sunday January 01, 2012 @10:12PM (#3414624)
tomjen3 said "the way I want", not "any way I want". There's an important distinction. Just because some companies act like that doesn't mean all business owners - and particularly tomjen3 - do.

See chc's post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3393472

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