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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 07:51 PM Original message |
Hedge Fund Paid Summers $5.2 Million in Past Year |
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JayMusgrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. We Democrats who post here hate people who made money legally |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I get Democrats elected, so they don't let me post at Free Republic. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
45. heh. |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. He made his money the easy way - courtesy of Wall Street corruption. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Maybe it's all been legal, but it sure looks like a conflict of interest. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. "Legal" does not mean "ethical" |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. What about when John Edwards made 1/2 million dollars in 3 months |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 08:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Some people spoke out, although I was never a supporter. n/t |
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jonestonesusa (630 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 09:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. To be fair, if John Edwards were one of the stewards of a trillion bucks in |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. Yep - And because John did it, we should let Larry do it too! |
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biopowertoday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. This post is not about Edwards. You do the Rovian distraction |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm totally sure it's not affecting the economic advice he gives the president in any way at all... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. From WaPo, too: |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Irony maybe? |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Now we just have to figure out what Larry Summers is the "best of the best" at. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Maybe he is. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
47. That is the 64k question. That's the one question I would most |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Feathering his nest? n/t |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. Larry Summers got some of his payoff money upfront. I'd like to see him and Rubin in jail. nt |
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Undercurrent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. . |
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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Edwards is not the hen guarding the |
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Undercurrent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. You have a point. |
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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Delete - Dupe |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. And watch the Bill Moyers segment tonight, the first part talks |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. yes--that was a great segment. a must watch. see it |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. And your link has the transcript, thanks for posting.... |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. Link for the Moyers segment with Bill Black... |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
12. When you play with the pigs... |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-03-09 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
22. let's call this what it is: |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Also, payolla and bribery. |
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Frank Booth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
23. Summers has to go. |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
24. exposed |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-04-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
25. $135,000/hr paid by Goldman Sachs for a single speech - reward for lobbying services. |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
32. Hedge fund regulation is a MAJOR issue: |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
33. How dare he earn money legally! How dare he be paid |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. He's an influence peddler, just like Clinton. |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. He's giving bailout money to people who paid him. |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. So they should let the financial companies fail because Summers |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. No, they should throw the influence peddling grifter out the fucking window. |
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Skwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Did you really think they paid all that money for a speech? |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Most of these institutions got their bailout money before the Obama admin was even sworn in. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
37. $5.2 Million? That is some serious change you can believe in... |
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johan helge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
41. Did Obama know this? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. I doubt that he would have cared |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
42. Unethical- fleecing shareholders and conflicts of interest |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
44. dude's a playa |
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