NYT Story Spurs Commenter Rage Against "Legal Grand Theft" of Private Equity
Today's NYT package story on THL Partners and its dividend recap of (soon to be) bankrupt Simmons Bedding Co. was destined to tap into a little populist anger. It's manifested in the site's comments section, with commenters calling buyout professionals thieves, colonizers, goons, mafia men and "rapists, pillagers and destroyers." Some of the harshest reactions, along with some of the more rational defenses, are after the jump...
5 October 2009•2 mins read
