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The Idea Of A Company That's Earning Money, Not Losing Money, That's Not, Let's Say 'industrially Endangered,' To Have Just Cutbacks So They Can Earn Another $12 Million Or $20 Million Or $40 Million In A Year Where No One's Counting Is Really A Horrible Act When You Think About It On Every Level. First Of All, It's Certainly Not Necessary. It's Doing It At The Worst Time. It's Throwing People Out To A Larger, What Is Inevitably A Larger Unemployment Heap For Frankly No Good Reason.

-Barry Diller

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Barry Diller

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The Idea Of A Company That's Earning Money, Not Losing Money, That's Not, Let's Say 'industrially Endangered,' To Have Just Cutbacks So They Can Earn Another $12 Million Or $20 Million Or $40 Million In A Year Where No One's Counting Is Really A Horrible Act When You Think About It On Every Level. First Of All, It's Certainly Not Necessary. It's Doing It At The Worst Time. It's Throwing People Out To A Larger, What Is Inevitably A Larger Unemployment Heap For Frankly No Good Reason.

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