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Old 08-31-2013, 05:13 AM
 
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Old 08-31-2013, 05:17 AM
 
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Nine of the financial firms that were among the largest recipients of federal bailout money paid about 5,000 of their traders and bankers bonuses of more than $1 million apiece for 2008, according to a report released Thursday by Andrew M. Cuomo, the New York attorney general.
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Old 08-31-2013, 05:18 AM
 
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Yet, when you start talking about transparency and auditable accountability, a bunch of yahoos come out of the woodwork whining about how corporations deserve privacy.
Yet more proof that government should stay within their boundaries.
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Old 08-31-2013, 05:20 AM
 
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That's $5 Billion dollars in bonuses.


And because they were "given" so much money, our currency was inflated and YOU pay more for the extra printing.
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Old 08-31-2013, 05:21 AM
 
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What cowards [not talking about bankers]. I digress.
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Old 08-31-2013, 05:21 AM
 
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Lefties support "bailouts" and then whine about corruption.

The true corruption is within our government.....period.
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Old 08-31-2013, 05:25 AM
 
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Lefties support "bailouts" and then whine about corruption.

The true corruption is within our government.....period.

Republicans have refused to hold those same people accountable.


The true corruption is within our Political parties and elected officials. Our government structure is fine if it was refined to fit within the framework our Founding Fathers intended.
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Old 08-31-2013, 05:59 AM
 
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Republicans have refused to hold those same people accountable.


The true corruption is within our Political parties and elected officials. Our government structure is fine if it was refined to fit within the framework our Founding Fathers intended.
This is largely true. It's not the government, it's the people running it.
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