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Y’know, Sen. McCain, when you’re debating about potential picks for Secretary of the Treasury, maybe your first proposal shouldn’t be someone whose company laid off 10% of its staff one day earlier<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(I know: she retired from the company in March. But praising EBay’s business growth — “started with 12 people and now has 1.3 million users” — a day after the layoffs?)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Y’know, Sen. McCain, when you’re debating about potential picks for Secretary of the Treasury, maybe your first proposal shouldn’t be someone whose company laid off 10% of its staff one day earlier. (I know: she retired from the company in March. But praising EBay’s business growth — “started with 12 people and now has 1.3 … <\/p>\n

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