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AOR

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74. The dogmatic adherence and promotion of the status quo and business as usual by many...

Sun Oct 25, 2015, 08:20 PM

Oct 2015

will unravel very quickly when the next capitalist crisis strikes... and it becomes crystal clear that the capitalist captains of the U.S. Titanic never had any intention of stocking the ship with lifeboats for anybody other than the small group of passengers on the upper deck. Cheers

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Hillary, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average, had their best weeks of the year. Coincidence??? [View all] reformist2 Oct 2015 OP

Comfidence in her ability to be a good president. Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #1

EU Stimulous on the way - FREE money for the 1% FreakinDJ Oct 2015 #5

Did you want the alternative? Hell no, we have Americans struggling and without TARP we would have Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #13

They couldn't even limit Wall St Bonuses FreakinDJ Oct 2015 #20

This was rolled out by Hank Paulson, he was the Secretary of Treasury under George W Bush Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #25

and continued by Obama and his Wall St insider recovery team FreakinDJ Oct 2015 #28

What could he have changed? Nothing, maybe you did not get the memo that once it was rolled out Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #33

Larry Summers for 1 - FreakinDJ Oct 2015 #50

Nonsense. None of the money bailed out homeowners or freed up lending for small businesses GoneFishin Oct 2015 #24

President Obama did not roll out TARP, Hank Paulson rolled it out, he was Secretary of Treasury Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #30

He had the chance to pull the plug on the 2nd half but allowed $ million bonuses to Goldman Sachs GoneFishin Oct 2015 #36

He made changes where he could, there was already contracts in place before TARP was passed and in Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #45

Excuses are easy to make. GoneFishin Oct 2015 #49

Accusations are easier to make. Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #62

It works OK treestar Oct 2015 #51

IMO Confidence in UglyGreed Oct 2015 #26

You can get in anytime and maybe become a Fat Cat. Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #31

The squiggly lines sure do look similar.....I would do some more research, you could be right. Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #2

Nice try, but you know in your heart there's something to the Hillary/Wall Street correlation. reformist2 Oct 2015 #7

Yep - some thing Very WRONG for the 99% FreakinDJ Oct 2015 #22

.. mcar Oct 2015 #17

Ha! (Nt.) Starry Messenger Oct 2015 #67

I like it when my stocks go up. Make retirement easier. Thank you for pointing this out. leftofcool Oct 2015 #3

As long as its the 99% bearing the brunt of the cost - FreakinDJ Oct 2015 #9

You are not bearing the cost of my stocks leftofcool Oct 2015 #14

You need to share what you been smoking FreakinDJ Oct 2015 #18

Then why are you complaining? leftofcool Oct 2015 #21

I got kids that need a CHANCE FreakinDJ Oct 2015 #27

And our 4 kids needed a chance as well. leftofcool Oct 2015 #39

Well I'm glad we do agree on some thing FreakinDJ Oct 2015 #43

"YOUR stocks and investments"... AOR Oct 2015 #64

More complaining from people who just can stand it that someone is retired leftofcool Oct 2015 #65

Fuck charity and the ruling class and elitist horse it rode in on... AOR Oct 2015 #72

OMG, that was an amazing tour de force!!! reformist2 Oct 2015 #73

The dogmatic adherence and promotion of the status quo and business as usual by many... AOR Oct 2015 #74

Fuck charity, eh? leftofcool Oct 2015 #79

You miss the point... AOR Oct 2015 #87

Without TARP the 99% would have had the brunt of the cost, DEPRESSION. Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #16

Yes and the infrastructure still needs to be fixed FreakinDJ Oct 2015 #19

A personal attack? This does not change the facts. Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #34

What personal attack are you referring to (changing the subject ?) FreakinDJ Oct 2015 #41

They are anyway. The recovery all went to the 1%. And when the same broken system that was GoneFishin Oct 2015 #32

There was an alternative to TARP: they could have bailed out the people, instead of the banks. reformist2 Oct 2015 #57

The 99% certainly includes the middle class people with retirement treestar Oct 2015 #48

Actually they do invest - in China, Mexico, Malaysia ... FreakinDJ Oct 2015 #53

Oh so there is no investment in the US whatsoever treestar Oct 2015 #85

Wake up and smell the low paying service jobs FreakinDJ Oct 2015 #86

Until they steal it again. Some people never learn. nt Live and Learn Oct 2015 #63

The 1% Serving The 1% cantbeserious Oct 2015 #4

We're looking forward to a tanked stock market under President Sanders. JaneyVee Oct 2015 #6

And more "Trickle Down Recovery" for the 99% FreakinDJ Oct 2015 #8

Only one candidate has a plan to reign in Wall Street. JaneyVee Oct 2015 #11

Obviously thats why 1 candidate recieives so much money from Wall St CEOs FreakinDJ Oct 2015 #12

Yes. Bernie or bust! GoneFishin Oct 2015 #38

No shit! leftofcool Oct 2015 #15

Yes. mmonk Oct 2015 #10

Say it with me: Correlation does not, in fact, equal causation. NuclearDem Oct 2015 #23

I have a question, sir... DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #29

If it is temporary vs fundamental. mmonk Oct 2015 #35

The only people I can think of would be people who somehow believe Clinton's poll numbers NuclearDem Oct 2015 #37

A severe market decline would hurt us plebeians first and Wall Street last... DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #42

OK, but in order to prove causation, you have to have correlation. And do we ever have that!! reformist2 Oct 2015 #59

... NuclearDem Oct 2015 #60

Oh Truprogressive85 Oct 2015 #40

People should worry the most over lack of rules on investing these days. mmonk Oct 2015 #44

Is this a CT? treestar Oct 2015 #46

Since your timelines are different on the two charts... SidDithers Oct 2015 #47

All true, but badly attempted correlation is not meaningless BootinUp Oct 2015 #52

Yup... SidDithers Oct 2015 #54

Could it be because EU stimulus, China cut interest rates, big tech companies Hoyt Oct 2015 #55

Sorry - Too much truth there - not allowed FreakinDJ Oct 2015 #56

Most Americans are pro growth. This includes voters. oasis Oct 2015 #58

She's old money's best friend and new money's worst nightmare LettuceSea Oct 2015 #61

LOL Enjoy whatchamacallit Oct 2015 #66

Correlation is the beginning of inquiry: It's a clue there might be a connection... reformist2 Oct 2015 #69

Sure, whatever you say... whatchamacallit Oct 2015 #70

If you are refering to the week ending 10-23 you are quite wrong Persondem Oct 2015 #68

This is a confusing argument, such as it is. Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #71

No, but if we're going to break Wall Street's hold on our democracy, we're going to have to cope reformist2 Oct 2015 #81

I think everybody does better when everybody does better, personally. Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #82

oh good! Let's hope my retirement account felt it. wyldwolf Oct 2015 #75

.... 99Forever Oct 2015 #76

Hmmmmm..... MrWendel Oct 2015 #77

I like the one with the crazy hair, lol reformist2 Oct 2015 #80

I needed an excuse to use these. Found the right thread. MrWendel Oct 2015 #84

.. RandySF Oct 2015 #78

Yes, coincidence. Nye Bevan Oct 2015 #83