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General Electric

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The Resume

    (1892- )
    Founded by Thomas Edison
    Headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut
    Fortune 500 company
    Owned NBC
    Business is separated into four fields: Energy, Technology Infrastructure, Capital Finance and Consumer & Industrial

Why General Electric might be annoying:

    Jack Welch controlled it for decades.
    Though it is most associated with the light bulb, in actuality, more than half of their revenue comes from financial services.
    They fund left-wing propaganda with their MSNBC brand.
    The Fukishima reactors that melted down were designed by GE.
    Despite being an extremely wealthy conglomerate they did not owe a penny in taxes (2008-2010).
    They are big-time polluters. Only the United States Government, Honeywell and Chevron have created more Superfund sites.
    They spend tens of millions of dollars on lobbyists.
    They help in the production of nuclear weapons.
    They gave Ronald Reagan a steady job on General Electric Theater and may have brainwashed him by forcing him to read ultra-right wing scripts to various General Electric crowds across the country.

Why General Electric might not be annoying:

    They were one of the original twelve companies listed on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (and is the only remaining one as of 2012).
    They founded RCA.
    Its business is so diverse that even if the company was split up, its pieces would still rank in the Fortune 500.
    Its brand was estimated to be worth $42 billion (2010).
    They offered Internet service through GEnie (1985).
    They gave Kurt Vonnegut a steady job as a writer.

Credit: D & Captain Howdy


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 25 Votes: 52.00% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 83 Votes: 66.27% Annoying