And to think I'm worried about how to pay my bills.

Paper Roses

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sat Jan-09-10 07:44 PM
Original message

And to think I'm worried about how to pay my bills.

I'm out of words to describe how things are in this country. Read this if you have not read it yet.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34784964/ns/business-the_new_york_times

I feel that we just don't matter any more.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

blues90

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sat Jan-09-10 07:51 PM
Response to Original message

1. We don't matter if we are not in the big club.

We have been slipping down the slope for decades and many don;t see it until it happens to them.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Lorien

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sat Jan-09-10 07:58 PM
Response to Original message

2. Disgusting. These fuckers all have bodyguards now for good reason

I've got to wonder why they all seem to think that it's worth it; living behind gates with their bodyguards and guns while the rest of America despises them.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

aquart

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sat Jan-09-10 08:02 PM
Response to Original message

3. Harris Poll did a survey for some nervous corporations.

They wondered what my opinion was of them. In the open comment, I wrote that I hoped whatever they bought with their bonuses would kill them.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Liberal_in_LA

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sat Jan-09-10 08:05 PM
Response to Original message

4. wow. thanks for posting this.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

dixiegrrrrl

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sat Jan-09-10 08:24 PM
Response to Original message

5. K&R for the reminder that nothing has changed on Wall Street.

Yeah, it is depressing, ain't it?
Wonder how many people will vote next year for the same Congress people that allowed this insanity to grow?

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Lorien

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sat Jan-09-10 08:30 PM
Response to Original message

6. And to think that so many of us work like mad to make in a year what many of those

criminals take for 20 minutes of just being their special selves and driving our economy more deeply into the ground. :grr:

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

AwakeAtLast

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sat Jan-09-10 09:18 PM
Response to Original message

7. The bright spot in that article

was that Dennis Kucinich is going to introduce a bill to tax bank bonuses differently (read: higher).

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Kansas Wyatt

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sat Jan-09-10 09:26 PM
Response to Reply #7

8. But Kucinich is a 'Purist' and is not a 'Realist' or 'Pragmatic'

:sarcasm:

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

AwakeAtLast

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sat Jan-09-10 09:39 PM
Response to Reply #8

9. I was expecting either flameage or snark when I posted that

Thanks for the snark! :pals:

:D

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Berry Cool

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sat Jan-09-10 11:02 PM
Response to Reply #8

11. Actually, that's true.

Edited on Sat Jan-09-10 11:03 PM by Berry Cool

He'll be very good at railing on and on about how people need jobs, but his ranting and railing won't result in a single person actually getting one. And he won't get that tax passed either.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Berry Cool

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sat Jan-09-10 09:54 PM
Response to Original message

10. The banner ads I got when I clicked on this story on the MSNBC Web site

was for Action Against Hunger.

Oh, the juxtaposition. :grr:

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

liberal_at_heart

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sat Jan-09-10 11:06 PM
Response to Original message

12. We can't tax their bonuses but the government can tax our healthcare w/o a public option

Edited on Sat Jan-09-10 11:09 PM by liberal_at_heart

Just how low are we the people going to slip, peasant status? That's what we are to them, peasants.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

tbyg52

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Jan-10-10 10:28 AM
Response to Original message

13. In a way, I'm glad they are doing this.

Even though their bonuses are peanuts compared to what's being thrown at the corporations by our government and the Fed, the bonuses are what's getting people's attention.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

TwilightGardener

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Jan-10-10 10:54 AM
Response to Original message

14. Well, cheers to Vikram Pandit, chief exec of Citibank--took a salary of $1.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Sun May 05th 2024, 08:59 AM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.