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BethanyQuartz

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33. And yet most continue to lay there as if they were already dead

Fri Apr 26, 2013, 09:00 AM

Apr 2013

Last edited Fri Apr 26, 2013, 10:07 AM - Edit history (1)

We make it too easy for them. Although I don't just blame bankers. That's like blaming money lenders in medieval Europe every time the peasants got tired of starving so the royalty could build their palaces. It's all the people who have so much money that money=power and who then use their power to make life good for themselves while making it worse for everyone else that have to go.

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Taibbi: Everything Is Rigged: The Biggest Price-Fixing Scandal Ever (WOW!) [View all] antigop Apr 2013 OP

It's no wonder that politicians are for sale. AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #1

I canno think of anyone/any institution that is NOT for sale nowdays. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 #24

Seems like if you had 500 trillion dollars, you could buy you way out of any trouble. bloomington-lib Apr 2013 #2

(See post #1) Wednesdays Apr 2013 #11

Problem is, you don't need but a small percentage of $500 trillion... DCKit Apr 2013 #15

MASS INCARCERATION NOT SETTLEMENTS! NBachers Apr 2013 #3

Okay. You and what army? Wednesdays Apr 2013 #12

Screw incarceration. Death penalty. Katashi_itto Apr 2013 #31

k&r n/t lordsummerisle Apr 2013 #4

It may seem strange, but news like this makes me glad I work for a bank. arcane1 Apr 2013 #5

profiting from the misery others, good for bank employees! nt msongs Apr 2013 #6

Well, that was an ignorant and dickish reply. Thanks for not actually reading my post. arcane1 Apr 2013 #9

I understand what you're talking about. Fuddnik Apr 2013 #20

Very dickish. xtraxritical Apr 2013 #10

really...? And saying this is a beneficial thing even though it sucks for a majority fascisthunter Apr 2013 #17

Read. The. Post. lolly Apr 2013 #34

Thank you. arcane1 Apr 2013 #43

Another reading comprehension failure. I was talking about understanding financial nomenclature. arcane1 Apr 2013 #41

This is the conundrum, isn't it? Egalitarian Thug Apr 2013 #40

True and well said... creativebliss Apr 2013 #45

Who was it that said "We'll hire 1/2 of the population to enslave the other 1/2"?? 99th_Monkey Apr 2013 #47

I don't know who said it but... ReRe Apr 2013 #53

I really thought that Taibbi's recent article alluded to something of this magnitude antigop Apr 2013 #7

I don't get that NYT reference though cprise Apr 2013 #25

Enter the TPP Teamster Jeff Apr 2013 #30

This is the tool that is being put in place and the reason why congress will not create jobs.... We midnight Apr 2013 #60

No doubt the saps will continue to reach out. GeorgeGist Apr 2013 #8

no doubt..nt xiamiam Apr 2013 #19

K&R. nt OnyxCollie Apr 2013 #13

K&R! gateley Apr 2013 #14

Give or take a trillion Blue Owl Apr 2013 #16

the investor parasite class thinks this is great fascisthunter Apr 2013 #18

And yet most continue to lay there as if they were already dead BethanyQuartz Apr 2013 #33

so it comes to this - KT2000 Apr 2013 #21

Being a venal sock puppet for the game riggers is rule number one... Larry Ogg Apr 2013 #36

I imagine that talk they receive goes something like this... corkhead Apr 2013 #38

Something like that for sure... Larry Ogg Apr 2013 #44

A "Punch & Judy" Show, in the words of Dennis Kucinich. 99th_Monkey Apr 2013 #46

My fb post today cilla4progress Apr 2013 #22

or this cilla4progress Apr 2013 #23

And to think some people wonder why the rich keep getting richer... Octafish Apr 2013 #26

This is a great example of a "paper fortune".... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #27

Wow -- Taibbi Has a Long Way to Go to Fill William Greider's Shoes On the Road Apr 2013 #28

A trillion here, a trillion there Fumesucker Apr 2013 #29

K & R !!! WillyT Apr 2013 #32

A system of total corruption,. a rigged game, this is capitalism of today. Civilization2 Apr 2013 #35

Even if you skim only a half percent formercia Apr 2013 #37

. snagglepuss Apr 2013 #39

:( nt abelenkpe Apr 2013 #42

K&R woo me with science Apr 2013 #48

k&r n/t RainDog Apr 2013 #49

George Carlin was right: It's a big club and we're not in it. Initech Apr 2013 #50

Yes, Carlin was right. nt antigop Apr 2013 #51

It goes even higher than that. defacto7 Apr 2013 #52

I'll read it , but will never understand it. Money's in the mattress. mountain grammy Apr 2013 #54

It was good to see Taibbi Newest Reality Apr 2013 #55

You're welcome. Did you see the movie "The Matrix"? That's what it feels like. nt antigop Apr 2013 #57

Oh, of course! Newest Reality Apr 2013 #58

We accept your apology. DeSwiss Apr 2013 #56

k & r! nt wildbilln864 Apr 2013 #59