[arete]

the public that was made angry by socialist indoctrination.

The public? 98% of the public doesn't even know who Dick Grasso is. This was either an inside job or it came from Donaldson. Someone wanted him gone and the money issue was just the opportunity.

Richard W.

[TopQuark]

Sorry to be imprecise: I include pension fund managers into "public." Witness also an vitriolic anti-corporate article by the editor-in-chief of CBSMarketwatch. There is plenty of anti-corporate public there that turned up noise.

Your point is well-taken, of course: Grasso was to successful not to cause envy. He was pushed out from the inside by exploiting the sentiment of the public. I can imagine a few, probably including Donaldson, dancing on the grave.