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Veterans to Honeywell CEO: 'Pay your own damn taxes'

(Source: Teamster Nation, February 13, 2013)

Honeywell's CEO David Cote took home $37 million in 2011 and will receive $78 million when he retires, but he thinks working people should get less of the Social Security money they worked all their lives for. Cote is a spokesman for the CEO-backed "Fix the Debt" lobbying group — and the poster boy for selfishness and CEO empowerment.

Veterans and seniors, part of the "Flip the Debt" countercampaign, crashed Cote's party last night at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire. He was giving a speech about cutting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. The Flip the Debters interrupted him.

Full story: Teamster Nation

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

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