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Who Owns Congress? (Hint : Wall Street)
And where’s the outrage?Wall Street owns Congress By Sid Eschenbach / The Rag Blog / October 11, 2009 See ‘On the government’s owners’ by Glenn Greenwald, Below. A few years ago, Bill Bennett wrote a book entitled The Death of … Continue reading
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Tagged Banking, Congress, Finance, Lobbyists, U.S. Government, Wall Street
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Wall Street Tycoons : Why Are None Behind Bars?
Royal / Capitalist Banker series / mejuan.Why haven’t any Wall Street tycoons been sent to the slammer? The absence of what many would call justice stands out all the more because past financial crises always had their villains. by Kevin … Continue reading
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Tagged Banking, Corporate Corruption, Criminal Justice, Financial Crisis, Wall Street
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Lifeguard on Duty : Swimming with the Investor Class
Photo from donsafer.com.Whose Recovery?: Swimming with the Investor Class ‘Never was a rich man who didn’t get his money off a poor man’s back,’ is what Paul would say. Which is another way of claiming that all Real Value comes … Continue reading
The Demand Crisis and the Wall Street Pirates. Aaaargh!
The Demand Crisis We could demand that all the pirate trunks of ‘toxic assets’ be loaded onto flatbed trucks and driven back to California where they belong. Overnight, California would need no more IOU’s. By Greg Moses / The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, Economics, Finance, Financial Crisis, Wall Street
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Wall Street and the Pentagon : Greed and its Delusions
Greed and its requisite delusions. Art by Tom Payne / Eyeball Press. At the heart of both scams is the deliberate corruption of information on such a vast scale that it overwhelms the mind of the educated layman to make … Continue reading
Sen. Bernie Sanders : Socialist Strikes a Blow Against Wall Street Greed
Socialist Senator-elect Bernie Sanders (I-VT): Way ahead of the curve on this one. Photo by Brian Snyder / Reuters.Obama backs limit to executive compensation similar to Sanders’ Stop the Greed on Wall Street Act ‘We are on the verge of … Continue reading
Wall Street Madam : Bankers Used Corporate Credit Cards for Sex
Shown here at a court appearance last fall, Kristin Davis pleaded guilty to charges of running a prostitution business that used more than 100 women. In an ABC interview Feb. 6, 2009, she tells how Wall Street CEO’s paid her … Continue reading
Jim Hightower : Stop Taking Bull From Wall Street
‘As a consequence of their avaricious grab for outrageous personal enrichment during the past decade, these arrogant titans of financial gimmickry have caused a vast economic collapse…’ Why Is the Government Hell-Bent on Rewarding Greed, Incompetence and Narcissism? By Jim … Continue reading
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Tagged Congressional Bailout, Corporate Corruption, Economic Stimulus, Jim Hightower, Wall Street
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Reaganomics Lives : Now About Bailing Out Detroit…
Reagan: Hey, it’s not all bad.‘The third path is to set standards for the kind of cars we need, backed by a government commitment to buy them on the fleet level and serious tax credits for ordinary folks who buy … Continue reading
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Tagged Automobile Industry, Congressional Bailout, Henry Paulson, Reaganomics, Treasury Dept., Wall Street
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Jim Hightower : The Five Most Wanted Men from Wall Street and Washington
Our economy didn’t melt down, it was taken down by ideological extremists.By Jim Hightower / November 3, 2008 What the hell’s happening here? Why is my bank in the tank? And my house and job? And my retirement money? Even … Continue reading
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Tagged Banking, Corporate Corruption, Economic Collapse, Economy, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Jim Hightower, Wall Street
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Roger Baker : Industrial Collapse? Bring it On!
Collapse the Light into Earth by ~EvidencE~‘The best outcome is probably for humans to hit the wall soon and hard.’By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / October 2, 2008 Is industrial collapse the BEST way out of our current … Continue reading
Wall Street Bailout and the Republican Right : Far from Populist Heroes!
Sandra Hines, of Detroit, who said she lost her home after 40 years, speaks at the Spirit of Detroit statue to protest the government bailout of financial institutions on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008 in Detroit. Photo by Rashaun Rucker / … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Bailouts, Campaign Finance, Economic Collapse, Republican Party, Right Wing, Wall Street, Wall Street Bailout
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