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In reply to the discussion: Cantor Fitzgerald, where Obama will be paid for speaking, lost 658 employees in the 2001 WTC attack. [View all]Cha
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Cantor Fitzgerald, where Obama will be paid for speaking, lost 658 employees in the 2001 WTC attack. [View all]
pnwmom
Apr 2017
OP
It's interesting that people were saying Goldman Sachs- I guess it's like oligarch...
bettyellen
Apr 2017
#1
Yes ... "Tourette's" ... that's it exactly. Automatic, uncontrollable, without-thinking, impulsive.
NurseJackie
Apr 2017
#33
dont thank him , i posted the same thing yesterday with only one comment (first to bring it up)
tapermaker
Apr 2017
#55
My subject line read wall street firm Obamas speaking to is a little different .
tapermaker
Apr 2017
#121
Thanks for posting- criticisms of Pres. Obama are shortsighted and not helpful
wishstar
Apr 2017
#14
Just lazy thinking on the part of some. They hear "Wall Street" and their brains stop working.
pnwmom
Apr 2017
#15
Noun-verb-9/11... I don't see how this is relevent. Money is speech, but doesn't influence politics
That Guy 888
Apr 2017
#19
Cantor Fitzgerald wasn't involved with the mortgage bundling and home loans that helped bring about
pnwmom
Apr 2017
#20
He only worked at the firm from till 2011-13. CF didn't offer those securities in 2008,
pnwmom
Apr 2017
#95
What does Bernie Sanders have to do with the OP, 9/11, or Obama's speaking fees...
That Guy 888
Apr 2017
#85
Bernie has been criticizing Obama for taking the speaking fee from Cantor Fitzgerald.
pnwmom
Apr 2017
#97
This is how far around the bend we have gone. As A NYer who contributes taxes for all
bettyellen
Apr 2017
#48
As a lifelong NYer, screw this glib response. I know you think Giuliani give you the right to
bettyellen
Apr 2017
#49
He lost 68% of his employees -- including his brother, who helped found the company with him.
pnwmom
Apr 2017
#24
That Cantor Fitzgerald wasn't involved with the home loans and mortgage bundling
pnwmom
Apr 2017
#29
I just read about it. The settlement money was given to the shareholders and not the families.
m-lekktor
Apr 2017
#41
The partners had shared more than that out of their profits with the victims' families
pnwmom
Apr 2017
#66
You must not have read the rest of the post. That company gave 25% of its profits for 5 years to ...
brush
Apr 2017
#54
I'm not under the delusion that every finance company is inherently evil....
bettyellen
Apr 2017
#87
Yes they did. They initially sued for wrongful death - of their employees
Hassin Bin Sober
Apr 2017
#76
Do the families hate them for the ten years of insurance they paid for - or other money they gave?
bettyellen
Apr 2017
#98
So yeah, after enormous losses and great generosity they should give more....
bettyellen
Apr 2017
#102
It is his business. He experienced businesses losses as a result of the attack,
pnwmom
Apr 2017
#103
Are you suggesting it would be somehow wrong if he was giving the speech to Goldman Sachs? n/t
hughee99
Apr 2017
#51
Can you believe some of these people? Sanders and Warren both owe Obama an apology
brush
Apr 2017
#63
My wife's first cousin was lost there too. I worked in Manhattan then at 25th and Park and for ...
brush
Apr 2017
#68
They have been accused here of being part of the cause for the financial crisis of 2008.
pnwmom
Apr 2017
#74
The point is Obama speaking at Canter Fitgerald is not the equivalent of Trump appointing Mnuchin.
SunSeeker
Apr 2017
#77
Extremely informative thread from many of my favorite people. Thank you, mahalo, gracias...
Hekate
Apr 2017
#89
Got a link for your claim he misappropriated money? Or are you just making that up? nt
SunSeeker
Apr 2017
#104
Speaking at Cantor in general ... I got no problem with that ... at all ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2017
#107