Wave money and people do stupid things with ittacetJanuary 29 2010, 19:56:40 UTC
Might show WHY they were given bailout money in the first place?
And I thought there was money given for Katrina victims. One person took it and got a gender reassignment surgery (I wish I could locate the news article, though the person in question wasn't IDed).
.........that's not fixing his home or rebuilding his life!
Re: Wave money and people do stupid things with itterminotaurJanuary 30 2010, 21:12:03 UTC
Well I suppose in a WAY its rebuilding their life... but not the put a roof over your head sort of rebuilding that has an impact on neighborhoods and cities, which helps others as well. Its those last ones I think we all sort of hope happen as a result of helping people out in disasters like that.
I just want to see the expression on some guy's face after yelling "Get a Job" at a panhandler one week, then next week going in to meet the VP of TD Waterhouse for an important multi-million dollar item of business: "Oh... Uh. I guess you found one."
Hmmm, so you want to borrow money from us? Well gee, why don't you go out and get a job to do that hmmm? I mean, if I give you this loan, how do I know you're not just going to go out and buy drugs with it?
You know I didn't even thick about this aspect of this, but you could mess up so many people's minds with this. Love it!
Hell, Citibank took a $12 billion ~loss~ last year because they paid out more in salaries/compensation than they took in.
If I was a shareholder I'd be pretty pissed. Goldman-Sachs payout was the equivalent of nearly a half-million dollars per employee, if distributed equally (yeah, like THAT is ever gonna happen either).
Any wonder why bankers/banking are so reviled in our culture? Right up there with lawyers, politicians, and other criminals.
Oh, no-no -- sorry I wasn't clear. In my joke, when I say "employees", I meant bank tellers, paper filers, mail sorters -- the people without a four year college degree that the bankers would have no problem taking a huge wage slice away if it meant they could use that money to pay themselves.
I know very good and well that the top wage earners are delusional to the point of old world monarchists. They don't seem to get that they're profit gouging could create a second recession on top of the one we have, and there won't even be enough money left in the world to bail them out a second time.
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And I thought there was money given for Katrina victims. One person took it and got a gender reassignment surgery (I wish I could locate the news article, though the person in question wasn't IDed).
.........that's not fixing his home or rebuilding his life!
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You know I didn't even thick about this aspect of this, but you could mess up so many people's minds with this. Love it!
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"CEO and Banker proves you can survive on nothing. Banks cut wages to mere pennies a day; tell employees to learn from Brian Jones' example"
...hollee shizzle, I'm a horrible cynic today :P
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Hell, Citibank took a $12 billion ~loss~ last year because they paid out more in salaries/compensation than they took in.
If I was a shareholder I'd be pretty pissed. Goldman-Sachs payout was the equivalent of nearly a half-million dollars per employee, if distributed equally (yeah, like THAT is ever gonna happen either).
Any wonder why bankers/banking are so reviled in our culture? Right up there with lawyers, politicians, and other criminals.
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I know very good and well that the top wage earners are delusional to the point of old world monarchists. They don't seem to get that they're profit gouging could create a second recession on top of the one we have, and there won't even be enough money left in the world to bail them out a second time.
Wait and see...
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Call it their "anti-vacation days", or "reality adjustment phase".
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