# The gall of the Enron board.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gall-of-the-enron-board/313070>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 19, 2005, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gall-of-the-enron-board/313070 "2005-07-19T00:41:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gall-of-the-enron-board/313070/61 "2005-07-23T01:56:10Z")

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> [@This Year's Model](#):
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> However, Enron’s 3% matching contributions was given solely in stock, with restrictions on selling it.

And when the company was in its death throes, ordinary employees’ portfolios were frozen - they couldn’t sell their stock. Meanwhile, the top execs were unloading their stock as fast as they could.

Nice.

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gall-of-the-enron-board/313070/62 "2005-07-23T17:39:56Z")

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> [@MaddyStrut](#):
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> The creditors picking the Enron board surely wanted top people to clean up that horrific mess. Top people don’t come cheap.

Socialists don’t know the difference between cheap and expensive. As they understand it, wealth falls from the sky, and someone stole their share while they were napping.

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gall-of-the-enron-board/313070/63 "2005-07-23T17:44:32Z")

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> [@Liberal](#):
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> As they understand it, wealth falls from the sky, and someone stole their share while they were napping.

This is why I try to sleep as little as possible. You never know when a plane carrying gold is going to blow up in mid air.

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**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gall-of-the-enron-board/313070/64 "2005-07-23T18:13:54Z")

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> [@Liberal](#):
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> Socialists don’t know the difference between cheap and expensive. As they understand it, wealth falls from the sky, and someone stole their share while they were napping.

You’ve got it wrong. Money grows on trees.

Sheesh. Gotta tell you _everything_!

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