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    Among the rich you will never find a really generous man even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egotistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it.

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    European Commission is Bank Busting

    ING to be broken up in wake of bail-out. The US government should do this also.  The big banks are too big to not fail.  And the failure has already happened.

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    Names of the Dead

    Every year, more than 44,000 Americans die simply because have no health insurance.  Share your story:

    Names of the Dead

    On a different subject, this is good to see. Obama administration actually doing some regulating (a little bit anyway) and the Wall Street Journal complaining.

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    Put This in Your Bailout Pipe and Smoke it.

    In the end this peasant will probably get the short end of the stick, but maybe she will get lucky and receive some leniency from the King.  And who knows, maybe this is the beginning of a debtor’s revolt and a new movement.  Reminds me of burning draft cards in the 60’s.  We could have demonstrations where everyone burns their [...]



    my healthcare conundrum

    And why we really need a public option – NOW:

    I’ve worked for the same small company for the last 14 years. We have 5 employees, one of whom – the President – is 81 years old and finally capitulated to socialism by joining Medicare last year. So only 4 of us are on the company-provided healthcare plan.

    I’m pretty lucky: my employer pays for [...]



    A New Way Forward Protest – Portland

    Portland OR – April 11, 2009 – Click for more info

    NATIONALIZE: Experts agree on the means — Insolvent banks that are too big to fail must incur a temporary FDIC intervention – no more blank check taxpayer handouts. (see Krugman on nationalization)

    REORGANIZE: Current CEOs and board members must be removed and bonuses wiped out. The financial elite must share in the cost of what they [...]



    Chomsky on Geithner (and some Colbert Comedy)

    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. [...]



    Spitzer Wasn’t Too Big to Fail

    National Copper Bank, Salt Lake City 1911

    Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer debuted as a columnist for Slate Magazine yesterday with an article entitled “Too Big Not To Fail”.  And he gets it about the bailout fiasco.  Spitzer correctly argues it is not the banks that are the underlying problem it is:

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    Adult Supervision is Returning to Wall Street

    So says our Representative Brian Baird and I quote him from a link to a story in my earlier article:

    Baird said the legislation also will prevent executives who presided over the financial crisis from reaping huge salaries and bonuses.

    “Any company that chooses to participate in the program will not be able to offer their departing executives exorbitant severance packages,” he said. “In companies where the [...]

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