We Arrest Banksters.

[grahamhgreen]

Don't know if this has been posted yet, but here ya go

[bvar22]

1. What do we do in the USA?

Now, now,
"We can't begrudge them their wealth."

I know some of these guys, "and they are just savvy businessmen."
"Its the FREE MARKET!!!"
"I mean, look at all the Baseball Players!"

[Flatulo]

14. The thing about pro athletes, although their salaries are completely ridiculous, is that their wages

come from ticket sales and product endorsements. No one forces anyone to give them money - it's all voluntary.

I refuse to spend $250 to take my wife and kids to a Red Sox game, with the $8 cups of warm beer and $6 hot dogs. Fuck that. I wouldn't even pay $25 for a ticket.

But enough fans seem to feel that it's worth the money, so why should you or I care what their salaries are?

Corporate executives, on the other hand, are being compensated with money that rightfully belongs to shareholders and employees, the people who keep the enterprise funded and running. They pack the board with their buddies, and they themselves sit on the boards of other companies who also lavishly reward their executive staff, and that's wrong.

But athletes, actors and others? I could care less how much money they make, as long as they're not forcing me to participate against my will.

[bvar22]

22. I agree!

I'm not the one who said those things in an embarrassing attempt to justify the obscene "bonuses" the Wall Street Bankers paid themselves AFTER the bailout,
and the lack of any Governmental effort to rein in the abuses.

A very famous someone else said them.

[Flatulo]

26. Sorry, I missed the air quotes. nt

[hughee99]

27. A good bit of the money teams make is from tv deals.

That money comes from advertisers, and that money comes from companies that sell things like toothpaste, potato chips, cereal, and cars. All of those companies have an advertising budget that they get from the sale of their products, so yes, it's not as direct, but they in some ways ARE getting their hands on your money even if you don't volunteer it.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

31. You leave out the taxpayer money so often spent on stadiums. That is not

voluntary and it's money that should come from the team not the public.

[Flatulo]

32. Good point, but don't the stadiums pay back the city through property taxes? nt

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

33. It sure doesn't seem like the taxpayers make out on the deals cut.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/10/how-the-nfl-fleeces-taxpayers/309448/

[Flatulo]

34. Christ, what a racket.

[irisblue]

38. no, not often.

When the Nationwide Insurance and Columbus Dispatch powers that be here in Columbus built a hockey stadium for the Blue Jackets, they negotiated a tax break for themselves. Former Rep Killroy (d) who was on the Columbus school board them, chased them and shamed them into paying a portion of their 'forgotten' school taxes. It doesn't seem to work that way.

[bonniebgood]

37. Bravo! 1 million stars******************************** nt

[solarhydrocan]

2. ouch

classic.

+ 320 million

[Octafish]

3. Here's why...

Spawn of Wall Street and the Third Reich

[rhett o rick]

5. Thanks. I am surprised that the CT Posse let you post that. Just sayin. nm

[Jackpine Radical]

6. The posse wasn't really up to snuff back in those days.

That is to say, they were a bit lax about snuffing out anything but 9-11 conspiracy talk.

[rhett o rick]

11. They just like to bully with their hides, locks and PPR's. It's about power. nm

[erronis]

17. Dr. Strangelove will see you know

Velly interesting. Thanks for reposting!

[Enthusiast]

25. +1 a whole bunch.......nt

[WillyT]

4. HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!!

[ReRe]

7. K&R

Now there's a real Viking for 'ya!

[gtar100]

8. At least there's one country in this world with some sanity. (n/t)

[Unknown Beatle]

9. Where's Holder?

In bed with Wall Street, that's where.

[tblue]

10. Take a lesson, America.

The US is doing it wrong.

[Dash87]

12. I can't find any record of Iceland's President saying this

I see that the FBI was kicked out of Iceland, but not this quote.

[thesquanderer]

19. It's on an internet graphic. It must be true. (n/t)

[DeSwiss]

35. Actions speak LOUDER than words.

Ex-Kaupthing bankers convicted of abuses related to Qatari investment

[Dash87]

39. When you put a quote on an image with a guy talking, it's implied that he said it.

If he didn't say it, it shouldn't be in quotes or attributed to him. This looks like another quote that's an interpretation of events rather than something that was said.

[DeSwiss]

40. Link please. n/t

[Dash87]

42. The burden of proof isn't on disproving this quote. It's on proving it.

Secondly, I didn't say that he absolutely didn't say it. There doesn't seem to be any evidence that he did, though, so one could logically assume that this is another image with a fake quote. There's a ton of them on the internet.

[Grins]

13. I can't find a valid like this quote is accurate

I can find the offbeat, and the twitter posts; but that's it. No major media have this quote.

I think that this is not an actual quote, but someone's interpretation of what they think should have been said.

[hobbit709]

15. Doesn't matter if he actually said since Iceland actually DID it.

[Enthusiast]

24. Methinks you miss the point.

[DeSwiss]

36. Never heard of a meme generator photo, eh?

[Uncle Joe]

16. Kicked and recommended for the great and advanced nation of Iceland.

Thanks for the thread, grahamhgreen.

[Blus4u]

18. I wish we would kick out the....

NSA



Peace

[Brigid]

20. I wanna move to Iceland.

At least they have their priorities in order.

[Jack Rabbit]

21. Is that any way to run a nation? You bet it is!

Now, fellow Americans, let's kick out the TPP negotiators.

[obxhead]

30. Starting from the top.

If they won't fight for the bottom 1% then we don't need them, regardless of party.

[Jack Rabbit]

41. Just to clarify, to me the "top" is people like

Legs Dimon and Pretty Boy Lloyd, not their pet politicians of either party.

I believe in getting to the root of the matter. That means in America, as it did in Iceland, the crooked bankers go to jail and the politicians should be told to work for the people. That will require campaign finance reform and, for those who still won't listen (hey, Senator McConnell, are you listening?) denial of re-election. It's up to us to show the world we want politicians who do the people's business rather than those who are simply corporate whores.

[Enthusiast]

23. The United States is no longer the beacon of freedom we imagine ourselves to be.

We are not. If we believe it to be so, we are just kidding ourselves. We started kidding ourselves in a big way when we believed, "They are fighting for our freedom(s)." and other stupid slogans.

People, break out of the mire of stupid.

[malthaussen]

28. You tell 'em, dude. n/t

[blkmusclmachine]

29. MUST. NOT. LOOK. FORWARD.