Tophat665

So I was driving home yesterday listening to Marketplace on the local public radio, and they were relating the sad event at HP. Yes, Carlie has hit the bricks, but $21 million makes quite a cushion. So that got me thinking about how many of the really rich people you hear about don't really seem to do all that much for their money, and this popped out. Yes, it's doggerel, but, to my mind, they're dogs:<blockquote><b>Mission Statement </b>

I want to get a pink slip just like Carlie Fiorina
I'd take my severance package and I'd move to Argentina
I'd buy a Hacienda, get a girl for the Cabana
I'd spend my summers farming dental floss in west Montana

I want to be derided in the press like Richard Grasso
For two hundred mil per annum I don't mind being the … bad guy
I'd say I earned the money and it wasn't so outrageous
A motivated CEO is always advantageous

I want to be indicted for malfeasance just like Kenneth Lay
I'd fire all my lawyers, live like royalty in Paraguay
I'd thank all my well wishers for the lovely letters that they sent
Just so long as they don't write to ask me where their pensions went

I want to fail in business in a manner that's spectacular
I'd run for public office and I'd mangle the vernacular
I'd sell votes to corporations, and I never would be hesitant
The country would go bankrupt, but at least I would be president

From all these fine examples I have culled my mission statement
From embezzlement and wire fraud will never be abatement
I couldn't stand to end my days enmeshed in corporate slavery
You gain the highest honors from chicanery, not bravery. </blockquote>I didn't see anything in the thread rules against this, but, if a mod feels it belongs elsewhere, say politics (not likely), humor, or Nonsense, I would not be put out if it were moved.

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