Posts tagged “wall street”
Calling on Mayor Bloomberg to Raid The Occupiers of Bryant Park
Walking past Bryant Park near Times Square the other day, I was reminded of the free speech double standard that exists between individuals and commercial entities. Since October 27th, the aptly named Holiday Shops at Bryant Park have been hosting an occupation of their own in a New York City public park. Similar to the former [...]
Get A Job
Associated Press (10/16/2011): Sandra Fox, 69, of Baton Rouge, La., stood, confused, on 46th Street with a ticket for “Anything Goes” in her hand as riot police pushed a knot of about 200 shouting protesters toward her. “I think it’s horrible what they’re doing,” she said of the protesters. “These people need to go get [...]
Draft David Brandon1
Wouldn’t we be better off with former Domino’s CEO David Brandon‘s 5-5-5 economic plan? You know, the “Big Taste Bailout“? The one that Herman Cain ripped off of? 1Please don’t actually. Despite his supposed anti-Wall Street feeding appeal, Brandon was only installed as CEO of Domino’s after the Wall Street Investment Firm Bain Capital [...]
Seven Compelling Reasons Why the Wealthy Should be Taxed More (right now)
Obama’s new stimulus package includes components that will supposedly raise taxes on those above 200k, and includes a “Warren Buffett” clause concerning capital gains tax. The merits of the specific plan will have to wait, as we don’t know the specifics yet. However, the debate surrounding the abstract ideas of raising taxes on only the [...]
Taibbi
The real price of Goldman’s giganto-profits — Taibblog (7/16/09): Last year, when Hank Paulson told us all that the planet would explode if we didn’t fork over a gazillion dollars to Wall Street immediately, the entire rationale not only for TARP but for the whole galaxy of lesser-known state crutches and safety nets quietly ushered [...]
Battle Of The Aphorisms
Which aphorism trumps the other: “takes one to catch one” or “the fox guarding the henhouse”? One of these days, we’ll find out. But that will be down the road. And, as the recent history which provides the context for this battle of the aphorisms brings home so painfully, finding out down the road can [...]
Confidence Game
Carrots for banks, sticks for autos – Politico (3/30/09): “The likelihood of failure here is too high to invest any more political or financial capital at the moment,” said a Democratic official close to the White House. “For all the negative aspects of structured bankruptcy [a likely outcome for GM], it doesn’t necessarily collapse the [...]