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Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 08:56 PM
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Burger King Exposed Video


I'm headed to bed. A few links didn't copy. Please help each other find all the info.

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What would you do with an extra $18,000 in your pocket?

That's the amount of extra cash each and every Burger King employee in America would have received last year if Goldman Sachs (one of the fast-food chain's largest owners) had shared its bailout billions with rank-and-file workers. Instead, Goldman Sachs squandered 6.5 billion of our taxpayer dollars on bonuses for their financial staff. These were some of the highest bonuses on Wall Street! Meanwhile, Burger King workers earn wages averaging just $14,000 a year -- well below the federal poverty line for a family of three.

Watch the harmful effects of Wall Street's greed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wABI2dwbQMQ

Goldman Sachs has been having it their way with Burger King workers for too long. It's high time you had it your way with Goldman Sachs. Tell the Wall Street giant how they could have used the $6.5 billion blown on bonuses. We're looking for the most creative, constructive, or comical ideas to curb corporate greed and help fix the financial crisis. We will send all ideas to Goldman Sachs as a reprimand for their wastefulness. The winner of the Have It Your Way with Goldman Sachs contest will have their idea featured in our next video. The contest ends March 3.

Pass this video and contest to your friends and family, and don't forget to digg it. Tell them working people all over the country are pushing back against Wall Street excess. Tell them we're joining with SEIU and others to stage demonstrations and hold Goldman Sachs accountable! And tell them it's time to end this era of corporate greed and impunity.

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P.S. - Do you think Goldman Sachs should be forced to give back their bailout money to taxpayers, should they have to raise Burger King workers' wages, explain their spending to the government, or be left alone because they are living the American dream? Vote now in our online poll.


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carlyhippy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 09:02 PM
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1. When I saw the thread title, I thought Burger King was going to show his.....
Edited on Tue Feb-17-09 09:03 PM by carlyhippy
whopper.....I'm sorry, I had to do it......

Carly:spank:
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hendo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-17-09 09:42 PM
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2. I doubt they are really making the big bucks
from Burger King. Goldman Sachs has far more profitable investments than BK. Besides, they did not recieve any of the 2008 federal bail out.

And BK is fast food, fast food jobs have never paid well. Be happy if fast food workers are earning more than min wage.
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Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 05:24 AM
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3. These types of jobs

Would have better pay etc. IF EFCA passes. That is why businesses are fighting it so hard.

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