Dick Clark has so-so year but laughs as he cashes in

[Anonymous]

Merck and all of corporate America is a microcosm of society. Those of us who are 50+ know that we live in very different times compared to when we were growing up. Advances in technology for one thing have turned our lives upside down---in some good, but also, unfortunately, in some very bad ways. We've become inhuman with the internet, texting and social networks--everyone addicted to computers and cell phones, which have replaced live interaction. Our values and morals have disintegrated...it's "everyone for himself" and there are no rules, no conscience. We see this at every level of society. Sadly, I don't see society becoming better....only worse, considering the economic challenges ahead of us, and a government that is corrupt, wasteful and completely misguided and ineffective.

Agree. The fabric holding our "society" together is stretched thin and breaking in some spots. I've invested in guns and handgun training to accomplish my major personal development goal.

 

[Anonymous]

you can count on: when politicians talk about "shared sacrifice" or corporate executives talk about "removing redundacy" (or the hundred other code names for mass firings) they are talking about us not them.

 

[Anonymous]

Merck and all of corporate America is a microcosm of society. Those of us who are 50+ know that we live in very different times compared to when we were growing up. Advances in technology for one thing have turned our lives upside down---in some good, but also, unfortunately, in some very bad ways. We've become inhuman with the internet, texting and social networks--everyone addicted to computers and cell phones, which have replaced live interaction. Our values and morals have disintegrated...it's "everyone for himself" and there are no rules, no conscience. We see this at every level of society. Sadly, I don't see society becoming better....only worse, considering the economic challenges ahead of us, and a government that is corrupt, wasteful and completely misguided and ineffective.

this person gets it...it is sad, but this is exactly what is happening...for instance, the laptop computer, completely killed the pharma rep job...it became all about email....

and it is now every man (or woman) for themselves...like a cage filled with rats, and only a couple of small pieces of food get dropped in...America is a total disaster...you have to have your head in the sand to not see that we are going down...And with Hussein as president, it is happening alarmingly fast!!