Post your evidence that the Bush years were a Corporate Free-For-All. Mine: Toyota.

[elehhhhna]

Bonus International Example: UBS

[slackmaster]

1. Bush turned me into a newt

:nuke:

[Junkdrawer]

3. Mr. Gingrich?

Is that you?

[keopeli]

13. a newt?...

[slackmaster]

24. I got better

:shrug:

[keopeli]

27. BURN HIM ANYWAY!

or her...but bush is a him...or her

what a great movie! i hope you're not going to force me to keep going. are you?! lol

i love you, man! :brohug: you made my night!

peace...

[blue neen]

17. His mother was a hamster and his father smelt of elderberries.

:)

[keopeli]

28. Is there anyone else up there we can talk to?

[ThomWV]

2. Enron

[elehhhhna]

4. Oddly, they didn't bail Enron out.

I'm still puzzled by that.

[Uzybone]

6. Enron was not "Too Big to Fail"

Enron also didn't have both aisles on Congress by the balls like Wall Street does.

[elehhhhna]

8. truefact, that

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. They bailed Enron IN

No need to bail them out.

[keopeli]

14. Yes, they and Worldcom were the first. How did Bush* obfuscate, you ask?

1. Prosecutions were weak. Enron chief faked his death (allegedly) to halt all other prosecutions.
2. Enron/MCI Worldcom stole California's wealth and, instead of helping CA with $$ and prosecutions and laws, they helped eject the Dem Gov Davis and install the Governator. 10 years later, CA is still broke.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

5. Life.

[joeybee12]

7. How about China lead-laced products, China killer pet food...

...we could be here all day.

[RainDog]

9. Halliburton. exhibit C. as in Cheney. n/t

[baldguy]

10. The mortgage bubble.

Though, truthfully it started under Clinton. Bush just exasperated it.

[timeforpeace]

12. Big Pharma back room deals.

[kywildcat]

15. India, and IBM

Halliburton. Exxon, BP, Shell, Citibank. All the state govt's who contracted offshore (indian and phillipine and Costa Rican) call centers to handle child support and any other service they could pay our tax dollars too.

[Initech]

16. Blackwater

[Kingofalldems]

18. Special Prosecutor needed on this one

[piratefish08]

19. motherfuggin Starbucks

[taught_me_patience]

20. Enron - all others are not even close

Some honorable mentions in order:

AIG
Bear Stearns
Lehman Brothers
Merrill Lynch
Countrywide Financial
Fannie Mae
Freddie Mac
Goldman Sachs
Halliburton
Blackwater
Bank of America
Citi
Wachovia
General Motors
Blackstone

[elehhhhna]

21. you forgot my personal fave : The Carlyle Group

[taught_me_patience]

22. You're right... I'd put them between Haliburton and Blackwater... nt

[taught_me_patience]

23. You're right... I'd put them between Haliburton and Blackwater... nt

[Fumesucker]

25. Telecom immunity..

And we all know who voted for it, it's been a major point of contention here for a while now.

[HughBeaumont]

26. Immediate tax cuts for the rich to destroy the surplus.

And . . . yet again . .. during his occupations. Smart move.

Honorable Mention - the mere notion of putting SS into the stock market in 2005. SS is insurance, not investment. How anyone could even TOY with such an idea, especially during that year, makes me question their competency.