Unbelievable Chutzpah
Why there are not riots in the streets, why there are not tribunals calling for justice, it boggles the mind.
These guys stole EVERYTHING, and claim to be victims. They buried the American Dream, and robbed us all of our futures, and now are crying that they're deserving of it all and that they're like the victims of lynching?
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In 2008, AIG received $85 billion from American taxpayers on top of the funds made available from the TARP program. Less than a week later, a bunch of AIG executives went on a “retreat” to the luxurious St. Regis Resort in Monarch Beach, Calif., where they ran up a bill of almost a half-million dollars, including $150,000 for meals and $23,000 in spa charges.
Now, with Wall Street employees pocketing average cash bonuses of $121,900 — while most families’ incomes stagnate — Benmosche thinks the public should have more sympathy for the plight of these good people. “They’re all scared,” he told the Journal. “They [had made] good livings. They probably lived beyond their means. We wouldn’t be here today had they not stayed and accepted … dramatically reduced pay…It is a shame we put them through that.” One can almost hear the sad strains of a violin playing softly in the background."
Yes. Fuck 'em. Take everything they ever got, throw their lying asses in jail and be done with them. Tell them they're lucky we're not bringing back the guillotines.
http://billmoyers.com/2013/09/25/bailed-out-bank-ceo-public-criticism-of-wall-st-bonuses-is-just-like-lynchings/
Paul Krugman weighs in:
http://www.alternet.org/krugman-rich-are-waging-pure-class-warfare
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