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DrToast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 08:31 AM
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"These guys want to be paid like rock stars when all they’re doing is lip-synching capitalism."
Great, great line by Obama on the banksters. This is the quintessential quote of this whole sordid affair:


"Obama later told a friend that the angriest he got as president in his first year was when he heard Blankfein" justify his compensation by saying "that Goldman was never in danger of collapse. That was flatly untrue," Obama said.

" 'Let me get this straight,' the president said.… 'They're now saying that they deserve big bonuses because they're making money again. But they're making money because they've got government guarantees….
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" 'These guys want to be paid like rock stars when all they're doing is lip-synching capitalism.' "


http://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/19/entertainment/la-et-rutten19-20100519/3
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dem mba Donating Member (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 09:09 AM
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1. way to hold their feet to the fire after you handed
them a few billion to stay afloat, no strings attached.

I love you Obama, but your words are ringing a little hollow to me this morning. It's a nice zinger though...
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