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bucolic_frolic

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1. The owners of every business want to make a bundle

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Wed Feb 1, 2023, 07:22 AM

Feb 2023

We have this "view" of business as benign, caring, for the public good. Business is for profit. Raking in profits and in some cases skimming cash off the froth is a way of life. Public perception is important to remain a viable entity and for growth.

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Nursing Home Owners Drained Cash While Residents Deteriorated, State Filings Suggest, NY State: NPR [View all] appalachiablue Feb 2023 OP

The owners of every business want to make a bundle bucolic_frolic Feb 2023 #1

I hope its a criminal case and not a civil matter. 3Hotdogs Feb 2023 #2

Racketeering. 2naSalit Feb 2023 #3

Looks like the work of private equity Stargazer99 Feb 2023 #4

Check, PE buying up nursing homes, hospitals, physicians appalachiablue Feb 2023 #5

Vulture capitalism has gone into everything Warpy Feb 2023 #6

Umbrella is it, although the ocotopus term could also apply. Sounds like your place appalachiablue Feb 2023 #7