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xchrom

(108,903 posts)
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 08:06 AM Oct 2013

Financiers Stanley Druckenmiller, Pete Peterson and John Arnold form a trifecta of treachery.

http://www.alternet.org/economy/stanley-druckenmiller-pete-peterson-and-john-arnold

Meet 3 Master Manipulators of America’s Oligarchy



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1. Stanley Druckenmiller

His stash: $2.9 billion, made from hedge funds.

His con: Turn young people against seniors by scapegoating Social Security and Medicare.

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2. Peter G. Peterson

His stash: $1.5 billion, made from private equity.

His con: Stoke deficit hysteria in order to shrink the government and let the wild horses of capitalism trample the masses.

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3. John Arnold

His stash: $2.8 billion, courtesy of Enron.

His con: Enrich Wall Street by blaming state budget crises on teachers, firefighters and other public workers.
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Financiers Stanley Druckenmiller, Pete Peterson and John Arnold form a trifecta of treachery. (Original Post) xchrom Oct 2013 OP
Billionaires for austerity. Warren Stupidity Oct 2013 #1
 

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
1. Billionaires for austerity.
Mon Oct 28, 2013, 08:09 AM
Oct 2013

They can start by raising income taxes on the .01% to pre-Reagan levels, treating capital gains the same as income, putting a transaction tax on wallstreet, and eliminating all tax breaks for offshoring economic and financial activity.

Then we can talk.

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