NEW YORK (AP) -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg is defending pharmaceutical companies and their CEOs, declaring that they "don't make a lot of money" and shouldn't be scapegoats in the health care debate.The billionaire mayor made the comments on his radio show Friday.
Abbott Laboratories Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Miles White's compensation was $25.3 million in 2008. Schering-Plough Corp. Chief Executive Fred Hassan's was $16.2 million.
The mayor is running for re-election and often battles criticism that he is out of touch with regular people.
It was clear someone realized his gaffe during the radio show. After a break, Bloomberg said he looked up the pay of some pharmaceutical executives, acknowledging some do make a "decent amount of money."
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"The mayor is running for re-election and often battles criticism that he is out of touch with regular people."
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To Commissar Moron, people who make less than $100 Million ARE regular people. It's those who make less then $50, $60 Thousand a year who he thinks are the servant class, who should be busy serving him and bending way down to kiss his ass all day long.
When JP Morgan, who stemmed the 1907 Stock Market panic died, Rockefeller was said to have been amazed at what he had accomplished, "even though he wasn't a rich man."
Sound familiar?
Bloomberg should be voted out simply because of that "third term" balony that was foisted upon the citizens of our great city. I think we're due for some changes in the City Council for the same reasons.
Third term? Fourth term? Bloomberg should be mayor for life. Here's a man who genuinely and personally cares about the well-being and safety of every New Yorker.
"Third term? Fourth term? Bloomberg should be mayor for life. Here's a man who genuinely and personally cares about the well-being and safety of every New Yorker."
Anyone else smell asshole?
I assume that poster #4 was being sarcastic...otherwise he (or she) needs a good reality check or an appointment with a psychiatrist!
DUMP THAT SAWED OFF WANNABEE EMPEROR BLOOMBERG !
His manufactured "popularity" poll numbers continue dropping into the cellar.
Just wait until November!
Der Mayor, or should we say, Reich's chancellor Bloomberg is on drugs!
(H-m-m-m....3rd term....3rd Reich).
Personally, I think that the Mayor has been messing around with the same stuff Limbaugh was using.
"Third term? Fourth term? Bloomberg should be mayor for life. Here's a man who genuinely and personally cares about the well-being and safety of every New Yorker."
Superbly written for a kindergartner. What will you say when you grow up and discover he's still the Commissar?
Mike Bloomberg perpetually puts his foot in his mouth when he talks about anybody who earns less money than he does...Oh, that is everybody in NYC.
How sickening because "Drug CEO's" can push a drug with advertising that makes drug dealers look tame, get sued and than leave the company with a golden parachute.
Mike Bloomberg is so out of touch it is frightening but we knew that when he said there wasn't enough time to give the people of New York a referendum and he insisted a city council that um, happen to be under investigation for corruption vote for us the people on whether they could stay a third term or not. So far every city council member or aid that has pleaded guilty happen to be in the camp to stay on! Gee, what a surprise. I wonder how that investigation in to city council is going and Kendall Stewart and Larry Seabrook's innocent pleas were not convincing.
Bloomberg thinks he is Napoleon, makes Freudian slips and deludes himself he like Robert Moses like that is a good thing.
Vote this little emperor of NYC out of office.
Sept. 15th is the primary so please turn out and vote all third termers out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVBApub6xOc
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