The Lexmark story is valuable, and I hope the past fears of its leaders in speaking the realities connected to leading a subsidiary owned and controlled by the Chinese Communist Government end now, that all of Lexmark's leaders are no longer subjected to the (CCP) Chinese Communist Party policies of submission and silence.
All investments are a risk! However, when a CEO willingly promotes phantom shares or other potentially valuable promises to the rank and file—especially instead of any type of monetary compensation —while knowing the company is not financially performing, I would classify that as a disingenuous and unrealistic CEO. Another description could be a fraud or charlatan.
It's the soldier's cries, torment, or required actions for what became their temporary survival that the fallen soldier spirit hopes those honoring will never have to visualize in the remembrance of their spirit.
ray stasieczko
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