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Toto? -- i don't think we're in a Democracy any more. nt xchrom Dec 2011 #1
I wonder who else is a Goldman Sachs puppet? -eom Huey P. Long Dec 2011 #2
sadly, i think the list would be long. nt xchrom Dec 2011 #3
Well, I'm thinking of whose campaign they gave most to. -eom Huey P. Long Dec 2011 #9
I have a request tavalon Dec 2011 #21
oh sure. xchrom Dec 2011 #22
Thank you tavalon Dec 2011 #23
Not surprised atreides1 Dec 2011 #4
+1 redqueen Dec 2011 #5
k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t Laelth Dec 2011 #6
"We the People" needs to be stricken everyplace and changed to "We the Corporations." It's now RKP5637 Dec 2011 #7
Many DU members suggested the same approach at the time. ms.smiler Dec 2011 #8
Thats because it made the most perfect sense and preserved the middle class. There was no profit Huey P. Long Dec 2011 #11
Yep it would have preserved the status quo hootinholler Dec 2011 #14
That approach would have been directed at the real problem. The banksters and the corporations jwirr Dec 2011 #18
our millionaire presidents & congresspersons take care of their friends first nt msongs Dec 2011 #10
true statement. -eom Huey P. Long Dec 2011 #17
THANK GOD IT PASSED! SammyWinstonJack Dec 2011 #12
Say it often, say it LOUD. -eom Huey P. Long Dec 2011 #13
Sadly, I'll bet they didn't do this because they didn't want homeowners to think Bolo Boffin Dec 2011 #15
Seems to me the only job of congress and the Fed is to keep ultra rich people, ultra rich. fasttense Dec 2011 #16
Bailing out the 99% wouldn't make the banks rich...which joeybee12 Dec 2011 #19
Exactly. Cause the disaster through criminality, then cash in again on the 'fix'. Huey P. Long Dec 2011 #25
The banks were too deep in the red to save them via saving the 99% it seems L. Coyote Dec 2011 #20
In fairness, Obama did try to bail out the homeowners. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2011 #24
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