Article by
John on May 16th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Money buys results in Congress. Return on investment is estimated at 22,000% on money given to Congress. Money is the Model. – Lessig
Our Representative Baird voted for the Bankruptcy Bill in 2005.
Change Congress. Support the Fair Elections Now Act.
This is the real problem behind all the other ones…
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Article by
John on March 28th, 2009 at 7:08 am
Noam Chomsky on the economy and democracy Pt2
Noam Chomsky on the economy and democracy Pt3
Stephen’s Angry Mob Will Crush AIG (click to show/hide Colbert video)
The government can’t stop AIG but Stephen’s angry mob will crush these punks. He pulls out his pitchfork and gets the audience on his side. [...]
Article by
missy on March 18th, 2009 at 9:20 am
On Hank Paulson’s bald head.
When AIG started to become unwound last fall, who better to know just how much Goldman Sach’s own rape & pillage squad was going to depend on its AIG bad bet insurance than the former CEO, Paulson himself – and who else but the Treasury Secretary would be better positioned to make sure that at least his alma mater – if [...]
Article by
missy on March 16th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
and clawing back those they’d already paid out? From October 22, 2008:
NY AG says targeting exec pay at AIG, elsewhere
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Troubled insurer American International Group Inc will freeze payments to a former CEO and officers of the unit that was the main source of its financial problems, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday.
“This is to confirm that AIG has [...]
Article by
John on February 15th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
This is the most succinct explanation I have come across of where we are at and of what to do with regard to the financial crisis affecting our country. I hope Obama and Congress are listening. From Bill Moyers Journal (you can watch the video here):
February 13, 2009
BILL MOYERS: Welcome to the Journal.
The battle is joined as they say — and here’s the [...]
Article by
John on November 25th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Howard here is wrong on the bailout. Why is it that Howard Dean and others, among them our Representative Baird, are certain, so so certain, that failure to bailout the bank monopolies guarantees a depression? Do they have a crystal ball? Sometimes doing nothing is a solution and the right solution.
Bank failures do not guarantee a depression, Howard. But [...]
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