Tue
Dec 23 2008
08:10 pm
Bailed-Out Banks Give America The Finger
By: reform4

Can you tell us how you used the money? Can we get an accounting of the money we gave you?

"We have not disclosed that to the public. We're declining to," he said.
-- Kevin Heine, spokesman for Bank of New York Mellon (BK)

No bank provided even a basic accounting for the federal money.

Fine. Recall the loans. Every damn penny.

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R. Neal's picture

BONUS! Banks that are

Submitted by R. Neal on Tue, 2008/12/23 - 9:37pm.

BONUS!

Banks that are getting taxpayer bailouts awarded their top executives nearly $1.6 billion in salaries, bonuses, and other benefits last year, an Associated Press analysis reveals.

It's a little slanted, because most of these compensation packages were most likely already in place before the "crash" which obviously none of them saw coming.

But still...

gonzone's picture

No Problems

Submitted by gonzone on Wed, 2008/12/24 - 8:09am.

So long as they didn't belong to a union then there's no harm.

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
Hunter S. Thompson

lovable liberal's picture

You know, these slimy,

Submitted by lovable liberal on Thu, 2008/12/25 - 2:06pm.

You know, these slimy, self-entitled greed-heads just don't understand that their future is different from their past. And, on account of it being Christmas day and all, I'm restraining myself.

Liberty and justice for all.

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