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No one like this that I know of. Some communist or socialist might be as it sits these are loans. Loans these companies have to apply for. Many others said they don't want the kool aid.
20 banks don’t take fed money : Business : The Buffalo News (http://www.buffalonews.com/145/story/567125.html - broken link)
Actually it makes sense to some degree, but it gets back to why TARP is a monstrous failure in the first place.
Small brokers cannot hire many of the essentially defunct brokerage house employees because government is infusing the big boyz with LOTS of capital and allowing these organizations to retain their employees by outbidding smaller brokers, possibly even stealing talent from smaller outfits. This has an effect of artificially inflating wages, essentially overpaying for talent. Government is essentially trying to fix a problem it created on its own.
Let's examine this argument from the other end of the economic ladder. Joseph the unemployed factory worker goes to the government seeking assistance. Joe gets food stamps and wants to buy a couple of 6 packs of Bud, but food stamps don't allow for the purchase of alcohol. Joseph goes on the local TV newscast and demands to know what right the government has to tell him how to spend the money they give him for assistance.
Any bets on what the conservative response to this would be?
Let's examine this argument from the other end of the economic ladder. Joseph the unemployed factory worker goes to the government seeking assistance. Joe gets food stamps and wants to buy a couple of 6 packs of Bud, but food stamps don't allow for the purchase of alcohol. Joseph goes on the local TV newscast and demands to know what right the government has to tell him how to spend the money they give him for assistance.
Any bets on what the conservative response to this would be?
I believe I've seen evidence of it right here on cd.
Let's examine this argument from the other end of the economic ladder. Joseph the unemployed factory worker goes to the government seeking assistance. Joe gets food stamps and wants to buy a couple of 6 packs of Bud, but food stamps don't allow for the purchase of alcohol. Joseph goes on the local TV newscast and demands to know what right the government has to tell him how to spend the money they give him for assistance.
Any bets on what the conservative response to this would be?
Here is a conservative response.
Joseph the unemployeed factory worker should understand what "assistance" is from the government. Assistance is dependancy and in In giving up his freedom to be dependant on the government you have now taken your individual wants and needs in the hands of government. If he really wanted a 6 pack of bud I would offer to sweep up the floor at the bar or liquir store and see they can pay him in beers after all that would be fair trade instead of asking the government for dependancy. In other words look for other options before running to the government for assistance you will find you will have freedom to be yourself and work for what you really want. Because in the end government is the problem not the solution and all to often we ignore independance and accept dependancy because we have been brainwashed to believe that is the role of government.
Food stamps, if re-managed like WIC where it was set for specific purchases - OK. I've gotten in to that argument before - I don't see candy and soda as food staples. And I get flamed for it. I call it public assistance and not 'owed' to the recipient. More flames.
it's on thread Without one single republican vote. its post # 64
Instead of a salary cap, we should re-institute higher tax brackets. After WWII, the top tax bracket was 90%. When Ike took office, did he cut taxes, like modern GOP pols would have us do? No, he built the interstate highway system.
Let companies pay whatever they want, but the marginal tax rate of income over, say, $200,000 should be much higher. And to those who cry "class warfare", I say, your side started it.
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