USINESS RELATIONSHIP DEAR AMERICAN: I NEED TO ASK YOU TO SUPPORT AN URGENT SECRET BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH A TRANSFER OF FUNDS OF GREAT MAGNITUDE. I AM MINISTRY OF THE TREASURY OF THE REPUBLIC OF AMERICA. MY COUNTRY HAS HAD CRISIS THAT HAS CAUSED THE NEED FOR LARGE TRANSFER OF FUNDS OF 800 BILLION DOLLARS US. IF YOU WOULD ASSIST ME IN THIS TRANSFER, IT WOULD BE MOST PROFITABLE TO YOU. I AM WORKING WITH MR. PHIL GRAM, LOBBYIST FOR UBS, WHO WILL BE MY REPLACEMENT AS MINISTRY OF THE TREASURY IN JANUARY. AS A SENATOR, YOU MAY KNOW HIM AS THE LEADER OF THE AMERICAN BANKING DEREGULATION MOVEMENT IN THE 1990S. THIS TRANSACTIN IS 100% SAFE. THIS IS A MATTER OF GREAT URGENCY. WE NEED A BLANK CHECK. WE NEED THE FUNDS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WE CANNOT DIRECTLY TRANSFER THESE FUNDS IN THE NAMES OF OUR CLOSE FRIENDS BECAUSE WE ARE CONSTANTLY UNDER SURVEILLANCE. MY FAMILY LAWYER ADVISED ME THAT I SHOULD LOOK FOR A RELIABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY PERSON WHO WILL ACT AS A NEXT OF KIN SO THE FUNDS CAN BE TRANSFERRED. PLEASE REPLY WITH ALL OF YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, IRA AND COLLEGE FUND ACCOUNT NUMBERS AND THOSE OF YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN TO WALLSTREETBAILOUT@TREASURY.GOV SO THAT WE MAY TRANSFER YOUR COMMISSION FOR THIS TRANSACTION. AFTER I RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION, I WILL RESPOND WITH DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT SAFEGUARDS THAT WILL BE USED TO PROTECT THE FUNDS. YOURS FAITHFULLY MINISTER OF TREASURY PAULSON
There was an article written on Sept 26th Wallstreet Journal by Paulson (Not Hank the secretary) but some one else. It proposed that the government take over these investment banks just like they took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. So whats wrong with this idea? Why shouldn't Goldman or Morgan go down? Any of these public policy is all bull shit. It beneifts only the top few people. Paulson will do any thing to protect Goldman. Paulson: why don't you give your $500 mm to this fund? At least pay the $200 mm taxes that you saved!!! He never paid any taxes and he would use our money watch this 2 hour movie: 1) talks about religion 2) talks about 9/11 3) talks about federal reserve and the banking system...how Rockefeller and the J.P. morgan benefited back in those days. Its worth it http://zeitgeistmovie.com/main.htm
Iâm against the $85,000,000,000 bailout of AIG. Instead, Iâm in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a âWe Deserve It Dividendâ. To make the math simple, letâs assume there are 200,000,000 bon-a-fide U.S. Citizens 18+. Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman and child. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and upâ¦So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billon that equals $425,000.
Meanwhile the propagandsa machine is pumping out fact devoid stories about how the majoity of Americans want it now because the market went down for one day.
Truly unbelievable. If you ranked the assholes most responsible for this clusterfuck and stuffed them in a phone booth, counting down one-at-a-time from the top, Paulson would fit in that phone booth with ease. (If you then dumped this phone booth in the East River, it wouldn't be a bad thing.) Yet we give this prick the keys to the safe. Why do we trust ANYTHING this moron or the Bush administration in general says. All it has been is a perpetual string of lies. Republican or Democrat, it doesn't matter what you are, this is reprehensible.
You cut out the rest of my comment. I don't think the golden payouts are right but I do not think the Gov should dictate compensation. The boards of these companies are to blame for these payouts.
You are off a bit on your mathematics, agassi. If you cancel out six zero's, you get $85000/200 = $425 per person. Common mistake, actually. Nobody is used to working with these big numbers.