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inanna
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Sun Dec-21-08 08:43 AM Original message |
AP study finds $1.6B went to bailed-out bank execs |
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BR_Parkway
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Sun Dec-21-08 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. If we can't take it back from them, can we pass a law and tax it at 110%? |
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Thor_MN
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Sun Dec-21-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
22. No, give it to them as their entire compensation. |
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Callalily
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Sun Dec-21-08 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
2. Huh . . . what happened to |
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DogPoundPup
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Sun Dec-21-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Loophole guts bailout restrictions on executive pay |
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Deny and Shred
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Sun Dec-21-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #11 |
31. Thanks for the article, DogPP. Confirmation of a pure rip-off. |
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sarcasmo
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Sun Dec-21-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. It will go down as the biggest swindle in American History, they never wanted any |
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RUMMYisFROSTED
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Sun Dec-21-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Check that... |
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slipslidingaway
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Sun Dec-21-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #17 |
30. "...they never wanted any checks and balances..." |
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sarcasmo
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Sun Dec-21-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. You won't see "Thank God it passed" reply to this thread. |
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slipslidingaway
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Here it is, posted below... |
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Callalily
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Sun Dec-21-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #17 |
33. Sad to say, but I think |
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FreakinDJ
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Sun Dec-21-08 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. No Reward for Corrupt Bankers |
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natrat
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Sun Dec-21-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. r u serious? write the congress that enabled all this-this is class war and we are losing badly |
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FreakinDJ
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Sun Dec-21-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Did not the Bill have provisions to reduce Exec pay |
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RUMMYisFROSTED
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Sun Dec-21-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. See #11 |
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polichick
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Sun Dec-21-08 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
4. Rachel has been having the Harvard professor who's on the brand new oversight... |
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soothsayer
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Sun Dec-21-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. ...and exactly how paulson intended it |
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polichick
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Sun Dec-21-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. Yep - it was criminal, and our Congresscritters sold us out. |
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depakid
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Sun Dec-21-08 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. Not the brightest moves... |
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awoke_in_2003
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Sun Dec-21-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
29. a democratically controlled congress... |
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depakid
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Sun Dec-21-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
51. Completely different with 58-9 Senators and a Dem president |
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awoke_in_2003
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Mon Dec-22-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #51 |
61. I don't buy it... |
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pattmarty
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Sun Dec-21-08 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
7. Ya know, I blame the Dems in this also. They have the majorities....... |
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natrat
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Sun Dec-21-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. come on face it they are crooks almost worse than republicans |
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ThisThreadIsSatire
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Sun Dec-21-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Semantic Nit-Picking |
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slipslidingaway
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Sun Dec-21-08 10:02 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I do as well...and in the end more Republicans voted against the |
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acmavm
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Sun Dec-21-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #7 |
26. You're absolutely right. The dems are right there participating in the biggest, |
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ThisThreadIsSatire
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Sun Dec-21-08 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
13. I've Never Been a Supporter of Mob Rule, but... |
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Doctor_J
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
41. A bunch of people in India grabbed and beat the daylights out of a |
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ThisThreadIsSatire
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Sun Dec-21-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. 'Trading Places' had the right idea |
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Incitatus
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Sun Dec-21-08 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
14. professional money management? Um, can someone elaborate on this? |
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ThisThreadIsSatire
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Sun Dec-21-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. They're too busy scheming... |
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nradisic
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Sun Dec-21-08 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
16. I just wrote to both of my Senators... |
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Raschel
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Sun Dec-21-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #16 |
28. I think the only thing that would work is if everyone decided to not pay income tax and demanded |
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GoddessOfGuinness
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Sun Dec-21-08 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
20. All those people who have lost their pensions... |
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DFW
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Sun Dec-21-08 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
23. My favorite was the Merrill Lynch guy |
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politicalmajority
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Sun Dec-21-08 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
24. American CEOs v. Japanese CEOs |
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chimpymustgo
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Sun Dec-21-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
27. Thank GOD it passed!!!! Dumb fucks. |
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The Stranger
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Mon Dec-22-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
63. The GOP-infested Wall Streeters showed up with yet another crisis plan, and the Democratic "leaders" |
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Aviation Pro
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Sun Dec-21-08 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
34. Fine, I'll just go out and fuck up my work and see if my employer... |
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ThisThreadIsSatire
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Sun Dec-21-08 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
35. BAILEY A SUICIDE AFTER FED REJECTS BAILOUT FOR BUILDING & LOAN |
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grantcart
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Sun Dec-21-08 09:33 PM Response to Reply #35 |
55. welcome to DU |
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DarleenMB
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Sun Dec-21-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
36. why is everyone so surprised? |
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progressoid
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Sun Dec-21-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
56. I don't think there are many here that are surprised by it. |
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antimatter98
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
38. Please let's push this story into the MSM and alt. media. n/t |
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FreeStateDemocrat
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Right, I don't want this story to just go away and be forgotten. |
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brentspeak
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
39. Here's, by name, one of the banking shills who praises huge bonuses: |
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Phred42
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
42. The Democrats OWN this MESS - THEY voted FOR it ! |
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ohio2007
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Sun Dec-21-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. My congressman voted NO to the bail out. but the majority sheeple congresman voted YES |
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Phred42
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Sun Dec-21-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Let's spend the next 2 years acknowledging reality, not makeing excuses |
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Lucky Luciano
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Sun Dec-21-08 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
46. My friend works at Deutsche Bank and he used to work with me |
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sasquuatch55
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Sun Dec-21-08 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
47. Our society sucks! |
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Acadia Blue
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Mon Dec-22-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #47 |
60. Capitalism sucks when the middle class and working class are |
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Baby Snooks
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Sun Dec-21-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
48. You mean "bailed-out crooks" |
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DeepModem Mom
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Sun Dec-21-08 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
49. K&R |
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droidamus2
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Sun Dec-21-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
50. Maybe? |
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glinda
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Sun Dec-21-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. I am so fuming mad |
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KakistocracyHater
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Sun Dec-21-08 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
53. get rid of ceo positions altogether-they'l kill us otherwise |
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SomeGuyInEagan
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Sun Dec-21-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
54. "In other headlines, sun to rise in the east tomorrow ..." |
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Veruca Salt
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Mon Dec-22-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
57. So, when do we have our Bastille Day? |
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Acadia Blue
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Mon Dec-22-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. They are as obscene as the French aristocracy. |
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Acadia Blue
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Mon Dec-22-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
58. This is intolerable. These people are parasites on the backs of |
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RCinBrooklyn
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Mon Dec-22-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
62. At some point, we'll call it what it is: class warfare. Sooner or later it is coming to violence. |
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