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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:35 AM Original message |
Goldman Sachs bonus blowout; $23 billion: Enough to pay for healthcare for 1.7 mil families |
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Kermitt Gribble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. Reaping the benefits of campaign contributions? n/t |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Not to mention their Golden Boy, Geithner at the helm as treasury secretary |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. ! |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. +1 nt |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. I feel the exact same way. |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. I feel the exact same way. |
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Democrats_win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
3. They will make a nice target when people get really desperate. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Not really, Democrats_win, they'll be tele-commuting or chilling at their summer home(s). |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
5. "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others", |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
31. What do they make?? |
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LuckyLib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
6. Criminals without an ounce of morality. The whole damned lot. |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. And, they just had their 'best year EVER'.... |
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BolivarianHero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
8. The social credit movement may have been loony right... |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
9. A giant vampire suid sucking on the face of humanity |
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AusDem (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 12:51 AM Response to Reply #9 |
43. being picky here, but technically that thing |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
13. Urge to kill......... rising! |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
14. that's beyond fucked up. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. kick |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. Charitable donations are the means through which rich people |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. It is a pittance compared to what they steal, and it is ONLY for show |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. I should add that it would pay for millions more if the health insurnance leeches were excised |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. "The firm's corporate tax rate? About 1 percent." |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. It is amazing, isn't it? If you or I held up a store or bank, we would go to jail for a looong time |
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LuckyLib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. This is the informations that needs to be out there. Each and every day. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
20. Well when your ex CEO becomes the Treasury Secretary |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Cheers |
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change_notfinetuning (750 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
24. So what? When Obama says it's a problem, then it's a problem. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
26. Since these clowns think they are Bourbons and Romanovs |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
27. Celebrate yourself America! after all, YOU'RE paying for it. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
28. I've long lamented the demise of the guillotine. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Time to bring it back. Just make sure your hands have callouses. nt |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
30. Goldman Sachs gives $23 billion in bonuses but only pays a tax rate of 1% |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Criminals... |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. The $23 Billion is an expense to GS that lowers it's taxable income |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Not a chance. |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. The won't shelter it nearly as much as GS would had they not distributed it and kept it as profit |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Well, if they were not running the Treasury and Fed they couldn't get the $23B, now could they? n/t |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
32. THANK GOD IT PASSED!!! |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Beat me to it... |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
33. Where's Madame Defarge when you need her? n/t |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
34. WIsh I worked at Goldman! |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
35. wow! |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
38. I bet Hugo Chavez would know how to solve that one |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
40. So which is worse, a parasite that acts like a parasite, |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. The leeches are human beings, they have the choice to act morally |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
42. Memo to Investigators: Dig Deep (Page 2) By William Greider |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-14-09 05:09 AM Response to Original message |
44. K&R |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
48. Bump |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
49. Geithner needs to be fired. Bernacke needs to be denied confirmation |
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