Franken opposes Wall Street bailout

[JonLP24]

Source: Star Tribune

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken would have voted against the $700 billion financial industry bailout passed by the U.S. Senate, he said Thursday.

Franken said he felt the bill lacks the regulatory measures to stop a similar Wall Street meltdown in the future, and that he wanted more help for homeowners struggling to pay mortgages.

"We were trying to drain a basement that is filled with water and it's raining out and we have a roof with a huge hole in it," Franken said at a State Capitol news conference. "We're draining the basement without fixing the roof. We needed to fix the roof here."

Franken's opposition puts him on the other side of the issue from his Republican opponent, Sen. Norm Coleman, who voted for the bailout bill Wednesday night. Minnesota's Democratic U.S. senator, Amy Klobuchar, also voted for the bailout.

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[mikelgb]

1. Yay, Al!

Have Norm 'splain his vote

[aquart]

2. Sensible man.

[Acadia Blue]

3. Lets all send him a donation. This was just a legal theft of taxpayer dollars

[maddogesq]

10. Send your money to me...Al Franken! :)

I say let's make that old SNL bit come true. Right on AL!

[pattmarty]

4. Good for fucking Al. I am surprised, but still, good for him.

[girl gone mad]

5. Leadership.

This is nice to see.

[superconnected]

6. Me too! Go AL!

[HopeHoops]

7. I'm with Al on this one - NO WALL STREET WELFARE! - ahem, sorry about that.

[pleah]

8. K&R Go Al!

:applause:

[mzmolly]

9. That's my next Senator!

;)

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

11. No Bailouts Period!

Alot of worthless corporations in this country need to die and everyone will be better off for it in the long run.

[bemildred]

12. Wall Street has committed suicide. Let those f**kers die!

They have been parasites on the US economy for far too long already.