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kpete
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Fri Apr-23-10 02:23 PM Original message |
UNSTOPPABLE OLIGARCHY- 6 Banks Control 60% Of Gross National Product: By Bill Moyers |
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DaveJ
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Fri Apr-23-10 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Six corporations, or in legal terms 6 "people" with all that power |
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Blue Owl
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Fri Apr-23-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. can't you just picture the sold-out SCOTUS judges gettin' all buddy-buddy with them? |
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Newest Reality
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Fri Apr-23-10 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. That fact signfies something crucial! |
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Uncle Joe
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Fri Apr-23-10 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. Kicked and recommended. |
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kpete
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Fri Apr-23-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. and happy Spring to you Uncle Joe |
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Uncle Joe
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Fri Apr-23-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Starry Starry Night and a happy spring to you as well, kpete. |
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laughingliberal
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Fri Apr-23-10 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yet, the President's top economic adviser defends the TBTF's |
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chill_wind
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Fri Apr-23-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Ain't that something? |
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anigbrowl
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Fri Apr-23-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Yeah, but he's one among many, and happily in a minority on this |
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laughingliberal
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Fri Apr-23-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Well, that's funny. Cause the current legislation does nothing to break up TBTF |
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anigbrowl
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Fri Apr-23-10 04:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Sez you |
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laughingliberal
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Fri Apr-23-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. It does not break them up. And it needs to. |
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anigbrowl
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Fri Apr-23-10 04:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I have not defended any banks, thank you |
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laughingliberal
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Fri Apr-23-10 04:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I do think they should, yes. And so do 2 Fed chairmen at last count |
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anigbrowl
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Fri Apr-23-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. you don't understand how laws are made |
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laughingliberal
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Fri Apr-23-10 06:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Perhaps you should let the Fed Chairmen know that what they are calling for can't be done |
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anigbrowl
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Fri Apr-23-10 07:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Stop putting words in my mouth: I did not say that it could not be done |
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JDPriestly
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Sat Apr-24-10 02:42 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. anigbrowl, Do you think that the extent of the cooperation or collusion |
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chill_wind
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Fri Apr-23-10 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. K & R. |
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marions ghost
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Fri Apr-23-10 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. How do the |
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TheKentuckian
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Fri Apr-23-10 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. Anyone not DEMANDING these companies be broken up and never allowed |
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laughingliberal
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Fri Apr-23-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. No, some people profit from the current system |
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kenny blankenship
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Sat Apr-24-10 10:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
32. They may be just 6 banks and 13 bankers, but they have 536 accomplices to their theft |
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anigbrowl
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Fri Apr-23-10 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. Ahem...accuracy fail |
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Blue Meany
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Fri Apr-23-10 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. This is certainly a problem but I would want to drill down a bit |
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anigbrowl
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Fri Apr-23-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Two things to remember about derivatives... |
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robertpaulsen
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Fri Apr-23-10 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
25. Three words come to mind. |
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laughingliberal
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Fri Apr-23-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Those are the ones I think of. nt |
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defendandprotect
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Fri Apr-23-10 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
27. k |
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sam sarrha
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Sat Apr-24-10 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
28. bottom 80% americans only hold 7% of the nations Financial wealth.. .Link>> |
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Wilms
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Sat Apr-24-10 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
29. k&r n/t |
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dotymed
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Sat Apr-24-10 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
31. I'm not very religious |
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dorkulon
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Sat Apr-24-10 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
33. "They have assets equivalent to 60 percent of GNP" -- what does this mean exactly? |
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hay rick
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Sat Apr-24-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Assets and oranges. |
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TacticalPeek
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Sat Apr-24-10 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
34. Link, |
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TacticalPeek
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Sat Apr-24-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. That's ok, I found it. |
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saulmart
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Sat Apr-24-10 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
36. K&R |
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kpete
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Sat Apr-24-10 02:01 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. oh my goodness |
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unabelladonna
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Sat Apr-24-10 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
37. what pisses me off more than anything else |
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Greyhound
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Sat Apr-24-10 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
39. K&R, I wish these issues would get as much play as celebrity affairs do. |
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cleverusername
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Sat Apr-24-10 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
40. Link, please? |
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