[No longer] Joke(s)

[Kermit]

We must be living in a parallel universe like that old Star Trek episode where Spock has a goatee and Captain Kirk is a raving lunatic. Or like Bradbury writes about paper books are burned instead of read.

And where business executives are not rewarded for competently operating a business, but instead are given bonuses for running a company into the ground.

Wall Street ran a COUNTRY into the ground, were rewarded with stimulus money and the first thing they did was to give bonuses to all their great men. Our fearless leaders just watched. Include Freddie and Fannie in that also.

[Thinkinproblem]

De-regulation ran our country into the ground. There was no one monitoring the banks. It was a free-for all There was no one monitoring wall street. There was no one monitoring the mortgage industry. There was no one monitoring Enron or Tyco. There was no one monitoring this Corzine dude in New Jersey--it looks like he is going to walk.

And unionized workers are connected to that how?

[Andyc]

De-regulation ran our country into the ground. There was no one monitoring the banks. It was a free-for all There was no one monitoring wall street. There was no one monitoring the mortgage industry. There was no one monitoring Enron or Tyco. There was no one monitoring this Corzine dude in New Jersey--it looks like he is going to walk.

And unionized workers are connected to that how?

While you're at it, tell me who is monitoring the government. Enron and Tyco was child's play compared to the corruption and waste in government.

There was not a de-regulation problem there was a problem enforcing the regulations already on the books.

And it sure wasn't the banks idea to start pushing sub-prime loans, it was the do-gooders in government trying to give everybody a chance to own a home regardless of the fact that many could not afford it.

[Andyc]

Wall Street ran a COUNTRY into the ground, were rewarded with stimulus money and the first thing they did was to give bonuses to all their great men. Our fearless leaders just watched. Include Freddie and Fannie in that also.

Our fearless leaders were complicit in running the country into the ground and they compounded their errors with the stimulus money.

[Andyc]

http://gma.yahoo.com/bankrupt-hostess-execs-bonuses-094718695--abc-news-topstories.html

The bankruptcy judge approved the payouts because he thought they were justified.

[Thinkinproblem]

Well then AndyC how about the 60 cent gas price spike that southern california recently was hit with? It was originally that thought plant shutdowns were the cause. Now it is coming out that these refineries were actually on line and up and running. Seems somebody lied. Should the government investigate?

Or how about this Cohen and his underlings involved in insider trading. Should the government go after these guys?

[The Bart]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Job_(film)

[Andyc]

Well then AndyC how about the 60 cent gas price spike that southern california recently was hit with? It was originally that thought plant shutdowns were the cause. Now it is coming out that these refineries were actually on line and up and running. Seems somebody lied. Should the government investigate?

Or how about this Cohen and his underlings involved in insider trading. Should the government go after these guys?

Do you think that the requirement for different blends of gasoline in different parts of the state cause high gas prices? Do you think that if there were more refineries built there would be more competition and accordingly less chance at manipulation?

I am all for getting the bad guy but sometimes the bad guy is the government. Giving the government more control over our lives won't make them a good guy either. Do you find it ironic that you think that the government should be investigating everything yet we are unable to investigate or get any real answers from our own government. Take Benghazi and Fast and Furious for example. Do you find it incredible that people on Wall street are sent to prison for insider trading yet congressmen can legally insider trade? Be careful what you wish for or maybe some day the government will tell you what size Big Gulp you can buy.

[Kermit]

They finally passed a law this year to not allow themselves to do insider trading.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/us/po ... gress.html

(Now I will have to clean my MAC because I quoted something from the nytimes)

[Thinkinproblem]

They finally passed a law this year to not allow themselves to do insider trading.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/us/po ... gress.html

(Now I will have to clean my MAC because I quoted something from the nytimes)

Kermit, that action is a step in the right direction. They did something rightfor a change. I am sorry your thread got hi-jacked, but I didn't start it.

AndyC, should the feds provide assistance to hurricane sandy victims who have no where to go,no shelter , no food, or should they be left to fend for themselves?

What do we tell a college kid who is trying to make a better life but does not have 10,000 in cash to pay the tuition every semester? It would take him 20 years of burger flipping to save that kind of money.

Or a young couple who want to buy a house but need a little help with a down payment?