1) It works as long as the cash flow continues. Would appear the cash flow is from liquidation, not more sales revenue? But since a private company that info is not available?
2) This IS how our govt works, too many people overpaid. But see observation #1.
3) There are short term rewards and long term rewards. They both have different effects.
4) I would guess there is a tight job market, that affects this situation right now. How many good people are looking for a new situation but can't find one.
5) There appears to be a family situation. Like many liberals he is focused on what his brother has gotten. When it starts affecting the bosses lifestyle, this situation will change. Socialism always moves into a two class society. Find me a time in history when this did not happen.
6) This reminds me of all the collective societies/farms I remember as a kid, don't think any of them survived.
7) Note that the head cheese has NOT given up power, what does that tell you?
I would add,
8) how much work has been contracted out at a much lower rate?
What you said is true, especially about the “two class” society.
There are two great fallacies that dog mankind, even in the face of evidence to the contrary, both of which have to keep being “reinforced” when human memory fails to retain it:
1.) “Ye will be as Gods”
2.) “Socialism works, it just hasn’t been done ‘right’ yet.”
The first one speaks for itself, the second one...well, there is a lot of misery, hate, war and death that is cycled over, and over, and over again, and then people understand for a short period of time that it doesn’t work, memory fades, and the cycle starts all over again.