The Financial Industrial Complex
We were warned in the 1920’s about the dangers of an unregulated economy. Yet 90 years later we are faced with the same exact situation, this time because of deregulation brought about by the undue influence of the Financial Industrial Complex. The reason for both financial crashes is the same: greed and easy cash. An axis of evil made up of Wall Street, government and lobbyists.
Essay Winner: Campaign Contributions Stoked the Fire Behind Wall Street Meltdown *** Pirates of Wall Street and Congress Share Their Booty *** Wall Street campaign contributions
Congress Meets Wall Street *** Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Invest in Democrats.
The Financial Industrial Complex is so controlling of government that even after we learn of the abuses of hedge funds, derivatives and ponzi schemes, the only thing that the new president is willing to do is Jaw Bone Wall Street about bonuses and a $50 Million jet plane. In today’s paper we read about a parks department employee who is paying a fine of 200 times that which he ripped off from his job.
HONCHO NOT LET OFF E-Z:$52 THEFT, 11G FINE - A Parks Department official caught cheating the city out of $52 by using his official E-ZPass on personal business has been socked with a stinging $11,000 fine - or 211 times what he ripped off.
President Obama needs to hire 100 US Attorneys like Patrick Fitzgerald and go after the elected officials and economic barons who have destroyed the nation’s economy. We have already seen how the same people who bankrupted their own financial institutions use the bailout funds to pay for corporate mergers that put even more people out of work.
We are even beginning to see the same elected official who took special favors and campaign contributions that led to the circumstances that got us into this mess, tell us that what we need now is better regulation of Wall Street and the nation's economy.
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Albany Luv For Gov Is Way Down *** Observers wonder who is advising Paterson ***
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Washington GUANTANAMO JUDGE DEFIES O *** Obama signed his first bill into law - the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act *** Stimulus vote: Party-line Pete? *** PALIN & BAM TO SHARE STAGE *** BLAGO NOW SIMPLY BLA-GONE GOV OUSTED AFTER WACKY TRIAL SPEECH *** Blagojevich Is Ousted As Illinois Governor *** Video: Blago's hair eats Joy Behar *** Samantha Power, who earned noteriety for calling Clinton a "monster" during the campaign, will take a senior foreign policy job at the Obama White House.
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