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Old 10-13-2011, 09:24 PM
 
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Occupy Wall Street Obama ACORN Working Families Party protestors, Craigslist ad, ACORN helped create mortgage crisis | Citizen WElls

Ad placed on Craigslist.
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Old 10-13-2011, 09:30 PM
 
Location: Midwest
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Not quite. Show us the actual link for the Craigslist ad.
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Old 10-13-2011, 09:32 PM
 
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Who is forcing you to participate in stock trading? If they broke the law they'd be arrested.
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Old 10-13-2011, 09:32 PM
 
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Protesters getting paid?

http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/gov/2618821815.html (broken link)

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Old 10-13-2011, 09:34 PM
 
Location: Midwest
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The government bailed them out. Which CEO stole the money?

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Many CEOs who led their banks and brokerages into the subprime abyss collected millions through salaries, stock options and bonuses. Equilar, an executive-compensation research firm in Redwood Shores, Calif., helped columnist Michael Brush take a look at what some of the key players earned over the past three years as the nation's banks went bust:
"As banks broke down, CEOs cashed in.
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Old 10-13-2011, 09:37 PM
 
Location: Midwest
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Who is forcing you to participate in stock trading? If they broke the law they'd be arrested.
Are you trying to blame the victims?

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Lehman Bros. filed for bankruptcy protection in early September after it was unable to secure the kind of government backing for a corporate buyout mustered by Bear Stearns. The chief obstacle was concern about a $30 billion portfolio of shaky commercial-real-estate assets compiled under the watch of CEO Richard Fuld. Lehman filed for bankruptcy, investors were wiped out, and employees lost their jobs. But Fuld walked away with $186.5 million in earnings from the prior three years,
As banks broke down, CEOs cashed in - MSN Money - Slide Show

We need corporations, banks, and CEOs like this in America like we need a bad rash on our face!
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Old 10-13-2011, 09:38 PM
 
Location: New Haven Michigan
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The mayor of Lansing, Michigan is welcoming them.It's funny because he was the Dem that ran against the now Republican governor.
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Old 10-13-2011, 09:40 PM
 
Location: Midwest
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Protesters getting paid?

FIGHT TO HOLD WALLSTREET ACCOUNTABLE NOW! MAKE A DIFFERNENCE GET PAID! (http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/gov/2618821815.html - broken link)
Anything wrong about providing jobs? According to the ad, the pay and benefits are better than most corporations pay.
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Old 10-13-2011, 09:48 PM
 
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Anything wrong about providing jobs? According to the ad, the pay and benefits are better than most corporations pay.
First you deny it and then you applaud it?
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Old 10-13-2011, 09:49 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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First you deny it and then you applaud it?
Typical lib. And I'll bet they don't even realize it !
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