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H. Ross Perot

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From: JHARTLEY
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 18:38
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Given the current excitement over Perot's arrival onto the presidential
scene, I haven't seen too much negative information about Perot.  So I
decided to raise some of my concerns about him here.  I work at GM and
Mr. Perot, as you'll recall, came into GM on his white stallion and was
going to save us all.  (Sound familiar?)
He claimed that GM was inefficient and clumsy and He would correct it.
He was very accurate in his attacks.  He was very inefficient and clumsy in his
actions.  He is a good talker, but a poor "corrector".  All the problems he
found in GM, he compared to the wonderful work at his own company, EDS.
EDS has been the biggest mistake GM has made (hard to fathom, eh?) in
decades.  It is staffed by people who don't have any experience in computers
and yet it is supposed to be Perot's solution to GM's problem.  We end up
solving most of our own problems.  I've had to show them such difficult
things as how to look up error messages in printer manuals, etc.  Perot
talks a nice story and sounds like Jimmy Stewart or some lovable guy.
His actions are far from his words.

I also hope that the story of his personal airport comes out
in the press.  He portrays himself as protector of the taxpayer.  His
dealings with Jim Wright and pork barrel politics suggest he is anything
but interested in the taxpayer's protection.  He is good at belittling
the government, but he didn't seem to have any problem at all with
abusing the system to get an airport placed near his property that basically
services him and his family.  And you payed for it.
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