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No Time For A Minimalist

By David Sirota

Old Milwaukee beer’s slogan — “It just doesn’t get any better than this” — should be Barack Obama’s after-hours toast these days. He faces a Republican Party that built a house-of-cards economy — constructed with paper by speculators betting against inevitable collapse. With recession looming, his opponent is a guy who admits “economics is not something I’ve understood as well as… return to article

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    The average American will not be better off economically regardless of who ends up in the White House.

    This outrageous fraud which has robbed the US taxpayer (and others globally) is being aided and abetted by both parties and the vast majority of individuals in congress.

    This came about after years of removing the protective measures instituted as a result of lessons learned in the depression. Congress under Democrats and Republicans have been bought by Wall Street and have served the wealthiest (of which most are a part).

    The “solution” to the TOO BIG to FAIL problem which the government and financial “experts” are charging at our expense will not prevent further such criminal behavior.

    In fact, by letting these financial pirates merge it will simply it is creating fewer and larger entities — can’t anyone see that?!?

    These bastards are screwing us and being commended for their handling of the financial rape.

    What is needed to restore confidence is a public hanging of the Senate Banking Committee, the regulatory agents, the Sec. of the Treasury, past and present Fed Chairmen, and assorted CEOs of the largest financial companies.

    United States Posted by whattheheck on Sep 19, 2008 at 4:08 PM
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