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Wall Street bonuses jumped 17 percent last year (www.reuters.com)
Bonuses on Wall Street rose 17 percent last year to $20.3 billion even as the industry faced a public backlash over pay practices.
Submitted 22 days ago by gregplaysdrums | 0 Comments |
Hightower Lowdown | How corporate money took over Washington--and created the mobs who rant against reform
(www.hightowerlowdown.org)
Despite a constant racket from the forces of the far-out right (Fox television's yackety-yackers, just-say-no GOP know-nothings, tea-bag howlers, Sarah Palinistas, et al.), the great majority of... More
Submitted 29 days ago by AlisonHamm | 0 Comments |
Consumer groups: Breaking up banks ‘crucial’ to avoid another meltdown (rawstory.com)
As the Senate debates financial reform, consumer groups are urging Congress to break up the biggest banks and impose strict limits on proprietary lending, virtually guaranteeing a "repeat" of the 2008... More
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The Tea Party: Economic Populists or Wall Street Toadies? - Les Leopold at Chelsea Green
(chelseagreen.com)
Who cares? We all should. The Tea Party is not a fake. It's not just a creation of Fox News and Dick Armey's Astroturfing operation. It's a genuine expression of populist anger that is driving our... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by AlisonHamm | 0 Comments |
Desperate Times, Desperate Measures: Luntz Backs the Big Lie (www.banksterusa.org)
Republicans are on the defensive. As we enter the 2010 election cycle, Republicans are a bit worried that Americans might remember how their maniacal push to deregulate Wall Street resulted in the... More
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Why Are We Donating $2,000 Per Family to Wall Street Bonuses? (www.huffingtonpost.com)
President Obama won't tell us in his State of the Union address. The deficit hawks won't crow about it. Don't expect the Tea Party or Rush and Beck to highlight our generosity either. But the sad fact... More
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Wall Street’s Stranglehold on the Economy Is Choking Americans (moneymorning.com)
America's Founding Fathers were afraid of any concentration of power in the republic. They were particularly afraid that banking interests could hijack our fledgling democracy. And yet today, 234... More
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Obama to Wall Street: "You want to fight? I am ready." (www.banksterusa.org)
The President took on Wall Street Thursday. Stocks plummeted, consumer activists cheered. Now we are talking.
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Strong Year for Goldman, as It Trims Bonus Pool (www.nytimes.com)
No one was crowing about their big paychecks at Goldman Sachs headquarters in New York on Thursday. Despite a record 2009, the bank announced that it had set aside only $16.2 billion to reward its... More
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What's Still Hidden in AIG's Files? | The Huffington Post Investigative Fund
(huffpostfund.org)
As federal hearings into the cause of the financial crisis got underway this week, attention has focused on one key outstanding question: Whether the giant insurer American International Group... More
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