You know the economy sucks when Leno has to take a pay cut. Guess he can afford it.

[Sgt Staples]

‘The Tonight Show’ Lays Off 20 Staffers And Host Jay Leno Takes Pay Cut To Save Jobs.

NBC insiders tell me The Tonight Show went through ”downsizing” today and that 20 staffers lost their jobs. Others tell me the number is more like 25, and producers were forced to take pay cuts or lose their jobs.

The downsizing also comes just 5 days after First Lady Michelle Obama appeared as a guest for the third time on The Tonight Show: high unemployment, job creation, and taxing the rich vs the poor all are issues in the 2012 president campaign. Leno has said publicly that he’s able to bank his entire Tonight Show salary and live on the hefty fees he makes from his hectic personal appearance schedule. Leno’s new salary is reportedly $27M-$30 million a year. He reportedly brings home another $15M-$20M a year from his other gigs.

http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/tonight-show-lays-off-20-staffers-jay-leno-takes-pay-cut-to-save-jobs/

 

[TwoWitnesses]

How do you lay off 20-25 people and save jobs? Truth alert...

 

[Sgt Staples]

How do you lay off 20-25 people and save jobs? Truth alert...

Guess you never owned a business. When business is bad, companies lay off workers to avoid going out of business. That saves the jobs of the remaining workers.

Kind of like when Romney buys a failing company, lays off people and turns the company around and saves the remaining jobs.

 

[OldGaffer]

lays off people and turns the company around and saves the remaining jobs, shipping them to China.


You left off part of your last sentence.

 

[middleview]

Just goes to show ya....cleaning up after republicans takes a long time and a lot of money.....

 

[middleview]

Romney bought companies with assets, took those assets, made the company borrow tons of money to pay Bain and other shareholders a big dividend, then bailed out...leaving other shareholders and employees to pay the price.

Your understanding of what Romney did is certainly not based on fact.

 

[Sgt Staples]

shipping them to China.

No that would be the labor unions that wouldn't renegotiate their contracts that did that. That' why over 50% of GM's production is being done overseas or in Canada and Mexico.

 

[gabriel]

no unions in canada?? LOL

 

[Craig]

‘The Tonight Show’ Lays Off 20 Staffers And Host Jay Leno Takes Pay Cut To Save Jobs.

NBC insiders tell me The Tonight Show went through ”downsizing” today and that 20 staffers lost their jobs. Others tell me the number is more like 25, and producers were forced to take pay cuts or lose their jobs.

The downsizing also comes just 5 days after First Lady Michelle Obama appeared as a guest for the third time on The Tonight Show: high unemployment, job creation, and taxing the rich vs the poor all are issues in the 2012 president campaign. Leno has said publicly that he’s able to bank his entire Tonight Show salary and live on the hefty fees he makes from his hectic personal appearance schedule. Leno’s new salary is reportedly $27M-$30 million a year. He reportedly brings home another $15M-$20M a year from his other gigs.

http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/tonight-show-lays-off-20-staffers-jay-leno-takes-pay-cut-to-save-jobs/

Maybe it's Jay Leno that sucks. 20 staffers? Even if they each made 100K, that's just 2 million...meanwhile, Jay books 27 mil...How very difficult for him.

 

[imreallyperplexed]

Kind of like when Romney buys a failing company, lays off people and turns the company around and saves the remaining jobs.

How about the times when he decides to close the business, take folks pensions, and walk away with the cash. Sounds like a "job destroyer" to me.

There were plenty of companies that Mittens did not turn around (while still taking home a hefty chunk of change).

 

[imreallyperplexed]

Romney bought companies with assets, took those assets, made the company borrow tons of money to pay Bain and other shareholders a big dividend, then bailed out...leaving other shareholders and employees to pay the price.

Your understanding of what Romney did is certainly not based on fact.

[video=youtube;J6_1Pw1xm9U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6_1Pw1xm9U[/video]

Sarge knows the truth. He wasn't brainwashed in college you know.