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IndyJones

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19. Um, great sign by moveon.org. But as I recall, the average American didn't do any of those things,

Reply to Bozita (Original post)

Mon Jul 9, 2012, 02:52 AM

Jul 2012

either. Yet we continue to get laid off and have no guaranteed tenure or benefits. And this administration has not gone after those responsible for those things. Mozillo still walks around free. The ex-CEOs that caused all of those epic fails still walk around free, while keeping all of their millions and billions they reaped while screwing the rest of us. Explain to me why Obama is BFFs with the CEO of GE Capital who, btw, paid zero in corporate income taxes. It seems really off to me when a CEO makes more money than their multi million billion dollar company pays in taxes every year.

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Um, great sign by moveon.org. But as I recall, the average American didn't do any of those things, IndyJones Jul 2012 #19