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88. When Banksters can steal Trillions and demand Billions in Bonuses...

Sat Apr 13, 2013, 05:18 PM

Apr 2013

...even the Teabaggers and Coincidence Theorists will notice.

With 2009 bankster bailout bonus money, Dems could have created 5 million jobs at $30K each

Submitted by lambert on Wed, 02/17/2010 - 9:25pm
David DeGraw in Alternet does the math:

Meanwhile, 2009 was a record-breaking year for Wall Street bonuses, as firms issued $150 billion to their executives. 100% of these bonuses are a direct result of our tax dollars, so if we used this money to create jobs, instead of giving them to a handful of top executives, we could have paid an annual salary of $30,000 to 5 million people.

CONTINUED...

http://www.correntewire.com/2009_bankster_bailout_bonus_money_dems_could_have_created_5_million_jobs_30k_each

My neighbor, a kind and loving soul who worked three jobs to raise and put her ungrateful children through college, said her network of friends agree: Voting them out doesn't seem to change anything, so something big along the order of a revolution is required to fix the problems the nation is facing.

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And get tased or audio blasted. nt valerief Apr 2013 #16

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Is it? Injured and starving versus just starving. nt valerief Apr 2013 #49

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Why can't we complain? It doesn't matter anyway. nt valerief Apr 2013 #53

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Me either. Just the fact that any of us are thinking of it at all Cleita Apr 2013 #25

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