What exactly did they do?
Are you talking about the housing bubble? The one that was caused by government regulation and people buying homes they couldn't afford? Yea let's put Wall Street in jail for that!
Or maybe they caused this recession...? The recession that manifested after the housing bubble burst that Wall Street didn't cause.
I realize that in every crisis, there is a need to place blame. But really, why would you blame bankers? All they do is transfer wealth from place to place.
doesn't work like that. They lie lie lie to get elected. Then do what they want. If there was a mechanism to vote them out then obama would already be gone
Anyone else tired of people calling Bernanke stupid ? I think he's very smart indeed. The Fed is beholded to its stockholders, just like any other corporation.
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies . . . If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] . . . will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered . . . The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs."
Thomas Jefferson
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said the economic recovery has put the world on a better footing to withstand the increase in oil prices caused by turmoil in the Middle East.
The economy is in a much stronger position to handle rising oil prices, Geithner said today during a Bloomberg Breakfast in Washington. Central banks have a lot of experience in managing these things.
Anyone else tired of people calling Bernanke stupid ? I think he's very smart indeed. The Fed is beholded to its stockholders, just like any other corporation.
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies . . . If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] . . . will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered . . . The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs."
Thomas Jefferson
Yeah you should be king and everyone should be your subjects. Then you will be free to do whatever you want.
Timmah's got our back...
Yes same same- shylock is everywhere!I blame it on the Jews. Seriously.. just look at the last name of every crooked bankster.
Oh, he's brilliant. He's a guy who, by most accounts, is the most powerful central planning figure in the world. I heard him speak recently and, for whatever reason, he started bemoaning about social security/medicare and other "entitlement" services, whatever he called it.
He went into a little bit of his overarching theory; that is, that because the U.S. possesses the capacity to print money, we should be capable of producing positive inflation at all times. Interesting stuff, though a little scary.
People wonder why hitler and stalin agreed to chop up poland!
This is all just revenge of the Jews!
Unleash the Arabs onto them!
They know how to screw a Jew or two'
stay outta this thread with your anti-semitism even if it is poorly executed sarcasm.
where the fuck were all of you when people like me were clamoring to let it all fall apart? oh that's right you were telling me that 'we can't or we risk things that are much worse!' looks like you fell hook line and sinker. the only way to learn from a mistake is to let the hand that touched the flame feel the burn. to bad.... we could have came out of this a much stronger and smarter populace.
Or do write-ins, for what it's worth. That way you at least count toward the voter turnouts, and the write-in serves as a vote of no confidence in the worthless organ sacks that vie for office.That's a catch-22 in which case, you might as well stop voting altogether and show a complete lack of confidence in the system.
1) Get a job as a police officer. Learn how they detect and prosecute drug dealers.Matt Taibbi was on MSNBC. The revolving door segment almost made me puke:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg3b6_6xlAs
Money is Power and Wall Street has the most of both.