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Post by aTm » Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:34 pm

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Post by Bklyn » Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:26 pm

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

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Post by aTm » Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:16 am

Autos equal hard working, union dues paying, real Americans. Banker equals rich whitey asshole.
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Post by Bklyn » Fri Feb 17, 2012 11:06 am

Or, more specifically, you can't win the Presidency without some combination of Pennsy, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan.
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Post by Bklyn » Fri Feb 17, 2012 11:23 am

Roughly 60% in agreement with this...http://www.economist.com/node/21547789

(Also, I'm still digesting the document, but I'm loving the Occupy the SEC letter and document responding to the Volcker Rule, so far)
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Post by sardis » Fri Feb 17, 2012 11:39 am

Dodd-Frank makes it difficult for smaller local banks to stay in business. Gives the bigs more power.

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Post by sardis » Fri Feb 17, 2012 11:42 am

Difference is that banks have the ability to pay it back and GM doesn't. I'm ok with making the banks pay if the funds are set in a fund for future bailouts, but not for general budget.

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Post by Bklyn » Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:00 pm

Yeah, but you know that would never happen. At best, the fund would be raided with a series of IOUs inside of it...much like states currently do with their pension requirements.

Good interview with the Occupy SEC people, laying out some basics of the doc

http://www.newdeal20.org/2012/02/16/an- ... ter-72135/
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Post by aTm » Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:06 pm

GM just posted an annual profit of $7.6B. That wont be very far off the number that the big banks show for 2011.
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Post by aTm » Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:08 pm

It's all political though, a bank earns that and its all going to line the pcokets of greedy assholes in highrise condos while GM is carefully putting that money aside for hard earned pensions earned by true americans (nevermind that far more Americans probably work in white collar jobs dependent on banks and the financial industry in general)
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Post by hedge » Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:10 pm

And that's exactly the problem! I've got an idea: Workers of the world unite!
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Post by aTm » Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:14 pm

What would the workers do? Overthrow their already communist leadership in Beijing?
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Post by sardis » Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:18 pm

well played..

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Post by sardis » Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:22 pm

aTm wrote:GM just posted an annual profit of $7.6B. That wont be very far off the number that the big banks show for 2011.
They will not make that in the years ahead. They are thanking God for the tsunami giving them a jolt in sales this year, but they still have cost issues. My opinion, they were better off going to Chap 11 so they could restructure labor and pension costs to a more competitive level.

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Post by hedge » Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:45 pm

I felt the same way about your job...
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Post by sardis » Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:47 pm

Hey, I'll be the first to admit I'm overpaid...

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Post by hedge » Fri Feb 17, 2012 1:54 pm

If you're being paid at all, you're being overpaid...
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Post by Dave23 » Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:39 pm

aTm wrote:What would the workers do? Overthrow their already communist leadership in Beijing?
Back to the pile! They took our jobs!

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Post by BigRedMan » Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:44 pm

DEY TUK OUR JEBS!!!!
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