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Explosive Bloomberg Editorial: Bank Profits are "almost entirely" Taxpayer Money [View all] kpete Feb 2013 OP

Big K&R gollygee Feb 2013 #1

So, of course that means all their bonuses are taxpayer money as well n2doc Feb 2013 #2

Congress wants to go after earned benefits to cut costs AndyA Feb 2013 #3

Exactly correct !!! Maineman Feb 2013 #11

WELFARE QUEENS! Cosmocat Feb 2013 #20

How can you pick on those poor, dear welfare queens - I mean Tsiyu Feb 2013 #4

Gee, thank goodness that big bailout was done. We are all so much better for it. Safetykitten Feb 2013 #5

My understanding is that its not exactly a subsidy, and has little to do with taxpayers bhikkhu Feb 2013 #6

You're sort of right, but not in a good way. Jerry442 Feb 2013 #16

GIVE IT BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Voice for Peace Feb 2013 #7

Lol the comments on bloomberg... DireStrike Feb 2013 #8

We can't begrudge their wealth. Now, eat your peas. nt OnyxCollie Feb 2013 #9

HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #10

K&R So what if we told you, and have been telling you this, since 2009? Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #12

Very well said Thug. xtraxritical Feb 2013 #23

THE TRUTH IS NOT PRETTY mettamega Feb 2013 #13

These thefts are publicly available data . . . another_liberal Feb 2013 #14

Speaking of welfare queens. And Teapublicans want to invest SSI funds with these fraudsters. marble falls Feb 2013 #15

The TeaBaggers, of course, have been massively suckered Berlum Feb 2013 #37

All the more reason to nationalize the banks. nt 2naSalit Feb 2013 #17

I'm for nationalizing everything, no kidding. Just call me a... freshwest Feb 2013 #29

... 2naSalit Feb 2013 #46

Surprise! Surprise! Demeter Feb 2013 #18

But, but, sputter, sputter, if we don't make the banks rich by screwing taxpayers we will have jtuck004 Feb 2013 #19

That's strange. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #32

That one is kind of lost when used on me, because I come from a time when people could jtuck004 Feb 2013 #34

Prosperity for them, austerity for us. nt deminks Feb 2013 #21

Exactly wrong !!!!! econoclast Feb 2013 #22

It seems to me that we pay interest on the debt... Blanks Feb 2013 #27

........... Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #38

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Feb 2013 #24

This was a heist started under Bush.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #25

Gee! Who could have guessed? bvar22 Feb 2013 #26

THAT's the kind of news that once was covered by the Labor desk. Octafish Feb 2013 #31

The banksters should all thank the politicians who arranged to transfer the hundreds of billions AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #28

Give 'em all a big bonus. Octafish Feb 2013 #30

K&R Sherman A1 Feb 2013 #33

Does it occur to anyone... cbrer Feb 2013 #35

Republican Socialism Berlum Feb 2013 #36

It's more Replublican Communism, and only the 1%'rs are allowed in the Commune. harun Feb 2013 #44

+1 patrice Feb 2013 #51

Let them fail next time and there will be a next time Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #39

"So three cents out of every tax dollar the government collects from you is pocketed by the 1%" Wednesdays Feb 2013 #40

This subsidy to the banks should be a CAMPAIGN ISSUE FOR 2014 and especially 2016. DhhD Feb 2013 #41

So if we tax them more, they'll get richer? aquart Feb 2013 #42

Limiting their competitive advantage weakens the country’s position in global finance? benld74 Feb 2013 #43

This is all the Democrats and Republicans fault. nt limpyhobbler Feb 2013 #45

They're fucking us. It's only a matter of finding out how much and where. n/t Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #47

Basically just like the health industry cilla4progress Feb 2013 #48

Too Big To Jail blkmusclmachine Feb 2013 #49

kr HiPointDem Feb 2013 #50

I know! Let's cut Social Security! woo me with science Feb 2013 #52

Fascism American style. fasttense Feb 2013 #53

This guy actually had it right... Benton D Struckcheon Feb 2013 #54