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brentspeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 08:16 PM
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Poll question: What is the most effective way for society to deal with the bankers' $billion bonuses?
Edited on Wed Jan-13-10 08:18 PM by brentspeak


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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 08:20 PM
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1. Seize the assets of GoldMansacks
And give every last fucking dollar to the poor. Repeat this procedure with every other Wall Street criminal enterprise, and then move on to the insurance companies.

Class warfare? You bet your ass, and it's time we fought back.
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Tansy_Gold Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 08:30 PM
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3. What he said! n/t
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StarfarerBill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 08:54 PM
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4. Right on: expropriation.
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Berry Cool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 10:16 PM
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5. Start with disaster relief, both at home and abroad.
Earmark the taxes on their bonuses specifically for that purpose and there won't be nearly as much righteous outcry about how "it's their money, they earned it, they should get to keep it."
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-14-10 02:08 PM
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9. Absolutely!
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wtbymark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 08:27 PM
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2. no instant fix but...
campaign finance reform - revoke personhood for corporations - repeal the Reagan Tax cuts
-glass-steagall -- enforce Shermann anti-trust - reimpose import tarrifs

-off the top of my head
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 10:18 PM
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6. I like Arianna's idea of moving your money out of the big banks to community banks.
I have my mortgage thru Bank of America, and I was thinking of calling around and giving my business to a smaller bank.
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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 10:20 PM
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7. The guillotine!
Heads will roll.
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harun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-14-10 08:57 AM
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8. Other: eliminate usary.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-14-10 02:09 PM
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10. +1,000,000
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QC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-14-10 02:13 PM
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11. I vote for le guillotine, but then I am the old-fashioned, sentimental type.
Where is Robespierre when you need him?
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