Wolfowitz on His Way out, But Not Before He Gets His
Posted by Leaning Left on April 30, 2007
Embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz is allegedly working to secure a $400,000 bonus due to him on June 1 before he resigns his position, according to the blog The Washington Note. Let me say that again, Wolfowitz thinks he’s due a BONUS for drawing the exact kind of negative press that can cripple an organization like this. Hubris doesn’t begin to describe these people.
And I’m getting sick and tired of people working with these criminals and nare-do-wells to make the transition smoother. Why in the name of god, would you not just say. Paul, you screwed up royally, you got caught. When people in a position such as yours, (which includes launching a corruption probe, irony of ironies) are found out to be incompetent, criminal, or just plain shady, you get the boot. Had you not given your girlfriend a raise and promotion, without any proof or documentation that she deserved it, you wouldn’t be in this mess. Time to pay the piper Paul. Get the hell out of here!
You aren’t getting a performance budget, and it’s incredibly odd that you would ask for one. As someone else on another website said. This could be the definition of extortion, “I’ll stop hurting you, and your business, as soon as you pay me” Perhaps if the World Bank really wanted to show him how to play the game, they should file charges, with the promise that they’ll be dropped, the minute he vacates his office.
