unless we start putting some serious progressive pressure on the Obama administration, we had better get used to watching the big boys on Wall Street cash their undeserved bonus checks -- financed with our tax dollars. Don't be surprised to hear them cheering all the way to the bank, "Yes We Can! Yes We Can!""
Thursday, August 13, 2009
The Pay Czar Has No Clothes: The Obama Administration Has No Guts?
"But the next election could be a real shocker. Americans might decide to protest the fact that the banks got everything and they got nothing, especially if unemployment hovers at record highs. They could easily blame the government for this failure. And you know, they'd be right. The government hasn't done nearly enough to help the average American during this crisis. It would be easy to design attack ads that picture Hall's $100 million bonus check side-by-side with shots of unemployed workers getting evicted from their homes. The administration's failure to come down hard on these excesses is creating the perfect conditions for a right-wing populism that only will further entrench the rich and the powerful. u
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