F irst, I want to be absolutely clear that I have no affiliation to any political party — I “like” Democrats as much as I “like” Republicans, so you can read between the lines there — and I am neither conservative nor liberal…
…or perhaps I am both. I do not know. Who cares?!? Just please be sure that you vote for me for president of the United States as a write-in independent candidate this coming November…
…but Gary Leff of View From The Wing reported on a massive scandal involving Wells Fargo in this recent article where “thousands of employees were on average opening hundreds of fraudulent accounts apiece over the last 5 years.”
Video: Elizabeth Warren Rakes Wells Fargo Chairman Over the Coals
Elizabeth Warren — who is one of two Senators of the United States representing the state of Massachusetts — is featured in this video at the Senate Banking Committee hearing entitled An Examination of Wells Fargo’s Unauthorized Accounts and the Regulatory Response on Tuesday, September 20, 2016. She launched two brutally frank rounds of questions for John Stumpf — who is the the chief executive officer of Wells Fargo — which you must watch.
Summary
So what does this have to do with travel?
Besides credit cards as being one of the products involved in this scandal — yes, credit cards used by frequent travelers who engage in manufactured spending and affiliate credit card links, which I am not going to address — United Airlines endured its own scandal involving Jeff Smisek, who was chief executive officer of the airline but was replaced by Oscar Munoz.
The supposed firing of Jeff Smisek from his responsibilities at United Continental is reportedly related to ongoing federal and internal investigations associated with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, whose former chairman is suspected to have allegedly used his prominent position to demand favorable treatment or personal benefit from United Airlines — such as for a weekly direct flight between Newark and Columbia in South Carolina near the vacation home of David Samson, who resigned from his position as chairman back in March of 2014.
I questioned whether or not Jeff Smisek was an exemplary leader as the chief executive officer of United Airlines; as well as written this article pertaining to leadership in general — and believe that the video presented in this article demonstrates what is currently wrong with corporate leadership in general.
I do realize that Elizabeth Warren was the source of the video — but I still believe that it is worth watching.
Source: Elizabeth Warren.
