So, We Bail Out Wall Street. Then Wall Street Uses Bailout Money for Campaign Contributions

Yavin4

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Fri May-22-09 12:31 AM
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So, We Bail Out Wall Street. Then Wall Street Uses Bailout Money for Campaign Contributions

Isn't that public financing of political campaigns?

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rwenos

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Fri May-22-09 12:35 AM
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1. Shhhh! Nobody's Supposed to Notice! n/t

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w4rma

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Fri May-22-09 12:41 AM
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2. But, this way Wall Street has control. Doesn't Wall Street have our best interests in mind? No. (nt)

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truedelphi

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Fri May-22-09 01:04 AM
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3. Oh ye of little faith.

Obama has given us assurances - Paulson has worked hard. Getihenr and Bernanke working even harder.

Of course, he doesn't <ahem> mention who they are working for. But I sorta figure it ain't for us.

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azul

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Fri May-22-09 01:42 AM
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4. Sort of the compliment to military propaganda yielding contributions.

TAxpayer money spent by defense industry in the media to scare the public to spend more on military destructive crap, then use some of this bonus money to buy influence and elections in congress. We get a runaway war wagon bankrupting us and mortgaging the future, and wasting limited resources.

Public financing of war madness? It's all about inducing fear, eh?

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FrenchieCat

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Fri May-22-09 02:17 AM
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5. You got some links to go with that outrage of yours?

Thanks.

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jeanpalmer

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Fri May-22-09 02:52 AM
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6. You'd think some of these politicians

would be embarrassed by openly taking bribes. But it doesn't seem to bother them.

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