Democrats want to take all our money and return to us one dime out of each dollar.
Republicans want to take all our money and give it to corporations and the wealthy.
Neither is acceptable!
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The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly castes, military juntas, party dictatorships, or modern corporations.
Noam Chomsky, M.I.T. emeritus Professor of Linguistics
We talk about it all the time, but we never do anything about it. And who are “we”? Those of us who continue to re-elect the same crooks over and over and over. Why do we do it? Because “our” crook takes care of us and “us” is all we care about. We care nothing about the eventual consequences. Why? Because we are living for today, and to hell with tomorrow and those who have to face tomorrow. What the hell am I talking about? Keep reading.
There are two reasons the name “Government Sachs” wasn’t publically exploited the way “Government Motors” has been. First, bailing out General Motors meant saving hundreds of thousands of blue collar and other common peoples jobs. Bailing out Goldman Sachs was saving a few thousand millionaires and billionaires, and that effort shall not be tainted. [...]
Taxpayers Expected To Loose $2.1 Billion On Small Bank Paybacks
Eleven small banks have paid back the Treasury for warrants the government purchased in order to help the banks afloat. The total amount of payback is $18.7 million. However, under the terms of the loan, the taxpayers should have received an additional $10 million. But the banks were allowed to slide by Treasury, and it seems the White House is ok with it.
The ONLY thing these people understand is action. So until at least 25 million common citizens march peacefully on Washington, then on to Wall Street, we will not only be ignored but continued to be sheared like sheep. [...]
He said “I think that’s all appropriate and our company is well positioned for it”. So if his company is “well positioned” for it, why do they have to wait for reform before they implement the very things President Obama is asking for? [...]
This issue is just another of the hundreds of examples that could be cited where government officials are doing the exact opposite of what they are hired to do — instead of enforcing laws on offenders, they either dropped the charges or gave them a slap on the back of the hand with a ‘wink, wink; nod, nod’. [...]
Financial institutes simply changed their overseer when they felt threatened by their current regulator. Now here we go again setting up another system to go in the direction of the financial institutions. [...]
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He said “I think that’s all appropriate and our company is well positioned for it”. So if his company is “well positioned” for it, why do they have to wait for reform before they implement the very things President Obama is asking for? [...]