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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 08:45 PM Original message |
Wall Street banks in $70bn staff payout ... 10% of US government bail-out package |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. color me not surprised |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 12:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. I'm surprised..surprised it was only 10%. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #25 |
42. And where oh where have the cheerleaders gone? |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-20-08 05:14 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. ... |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. pain is an excellent, if dramatic, teacher. and often necessary to the stubborn. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. Why is this no surprise. Kick and Rec |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's sad that a British Paper has to uncover this sorid mess... |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
47. Wallstreet advertising $$$ control US GOP Media Outlets |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. It doesn't surprise me at all that the Brits exposed this... |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. In their bailout package UK and EU forbade any taxpayer money going to bonuses |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Because, of course, there are so many jobs in their field right now. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 03:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
27. Note our cyncism too |
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free_radical (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
44. Not true ... |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. This. Burns. Me. Up. |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. I cannot help but wonder... |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 11:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. how about also |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. meanwhile.... |
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go west young man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. Daylight robbery and the American people just stand by and let it happen. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 11:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. The Congress stood by and let it happen |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 11:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. and then the House passed it |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. No way! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. k&r |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. $70bn in bonuses???? WTF bonuses for ripping off consumers and taxpayers |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
48. nah , just a crook like the rest of them |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. NO BONUSES FOR BUNGLING! |
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trudyco (975 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. That's catchy. I like it. No bonuses for bungling! nt |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. They should be fined double that amount. Then take the extra 70 bln and put it towards debt relief |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. what? You're offering a sound solution to the financial meltdown? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 11:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. I like that. Punishment for grotesque incompetence and greed. |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 07:40 AM Response to Reply #22 |
35. Yeah "fairness" in Murka only works in one direction I'm afraid :( n/t |
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ReadTomPaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
20. Sickening. n/t |
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blossomstar (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
23. This is the kind of stuff revolutions were made of. |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
24. K&R |
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JawJaw (574 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
26. Corporate Socialism Alive & Kicking, It Would Appear.. |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 05:39 AM Response to Original message |
28. Ah. The Noble Class - so good to have it back. |
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machI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
29. Kick |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
30. But. . .but. . .but. . .I thought that the bailout was a good thing, |
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Poseidan (630 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
31. Bush's last act |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 06:57 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Sadly, I DOUBT this |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
33. Isn't this a lot like a 3rd world banana republic? |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
34. Thank GAWD it passededed!! |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
36. We MUST retain the experienced executives! |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 09:25 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. They were so experienced that they caused the problem. |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Exactly my point! It apparently takes EXPERIENCE to run an entire economy into the ground! |
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wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
37. Only One Response To This Travesty |
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go west young man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
38. Check this out on Goldman Sachs from Wikipedia. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
39. they'll understand guillotines. |
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go west young man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
40. Some great videos of Jim Rogers forecasting what was to come. |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-18-08 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
43. This just makes me so angry |
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apnu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
50. This is why ALL the bailouts are stupid. |
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