Sat
Oct 18 2008
04:51 pm
If this doesn't make you mad, you're totally asleep.
Wall Street to pay out $70 Billion in bonuses. I thought these guys needed all the cash they could to shore up their balance sheets. I guess not if you, me, and Joe Sixpack are going to be their personal ATM.
John Duncan's office to call is (202) 225-5435. Tell him that's not what we, as taxpayers, signed up for.
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Thanks for the post. I will
Thanks for the post. I will try to use it somehow.