Is Wall Street America's One Common Enemy That Unites the Left and Right?

[Mr.Nick]

Right, you poor Wall Street bloodsuckers, you are so oppressed.

I mean, last year, you wanted a new Lamborghini, but you had to settle for a Porsche. Oh, the depravity of it. Sniff, sniff. And those meanies down there who are just struggling at their jobs doing REAL work every day, instead of having fun gambling with others livlihoods, man, they are soooo mean, those Teabaggers and OWS types.

The French nobility had no idea what it had done wrong when they got dragged off the guillotine...

It's their money they can do whatever the fuck they want with it.. I could care less..

I find those that envy to be pathetic....

Realistically who are the greedy ones?? those who generate wealth or those who beg the government to redistribute them free money for nothing???

But guy, they don't "generate' wealth. Wealth is generated by those of us who go to work every day and make things and provide services.

And when they take a 700 billion dollar bailout the rest of us paid for, it isn't their money anymore, it's ours.

Of course they generate wealth...

They give you 100 dollars and you have to pay back 110 dollars... Thats how they make their money...

 

[JoeB131]

The CRA gave the greedy welfare class free homes, homes which qualified the same welfare fucks for credit cards.. These same fucks used the plastic until it maxed out and they went and got another one..

At the pinnacle of this plastic charge card frenzy I was a teenager jocking a cash register and I was quite disturbed by the fact 90% of sales were charges... I thought it was crazy and irresponsible...

So don't tell me people didn't abuse credit - I saw that shit first hand - it was my job to scan their cards..

But the banks were happy to give out those credit cards, that's the point. I throw out five "pre-approved" credit card offers every week, even though right now, I make less than I made 5 years ago and my mortgage is officially underwater.

The CRA was a bad law, and unlike other responsible companies that say, "Well, it's a bad law, but let's try to work with it as best we can", the Banksters and Wall Street folks said, "It's a bad law, let's see how much we can loot before the roof collapses in."

 

[Toro]

Right, you poor Wall Street bloodsuckers, you are so oppressed.

I mean, last year, you wanted a new Lamborghini, but you had to settle for a Porsche. Oh, the depravity of it. Sniff, sniff. And those meanies down there who are just struggling at their jobs doing REAL work every day, instead of having fun gambling with others livlihoods, man, they are soooo mean, those Teabaggers and OWS types.

The French nobility had no idea what it had done wrong when they got dragged off the guillotine...

It's their money they can do whatever the fuck they want with it.. I could care less..

I find those that envy to be pathetic....

Realistically who are the greedy ones?? those who generate wealth or those who beg the government to redistribute them free money for nothing???

But guy, they don't "generate' wealth. Wealth is generated by those of us who go to work every day and make things and provide services.

And when they take a 700 billion dollar bailout the rest of us paid for, it isn't their money anymore, it's ours.

Other stereotypes

- Jews are money suckers.
- Blacks are thieves
- Mormons are ... oh wait, you've already got that one covered.

The people whom I work for are the workers for whom you claim to speak. (Socialists commonly claim to speak for the working man.) I can assure you, they see the wealth I generate for them and are grateful for it.

 

[JoeB131]

Of course they generate wealth...

They give you 100 dollars and you have to pay back 110 dollars... Thats how they make their money...

Well, that's the problem, isn't it. I had to create the extra ten dollars, not them.

 

[Toro]

Right, you poor Wall Street bloodsuckers, you are so oppressed.

I mean, last year, you wanted a new Lamborghini, but you had to settle for a Porsche. Oh, the depravity of it. Sniff, sniff. And those meanies down there who are just struggling at their jobs doing REAL work every day, instead of having fun gambling with others livlihoods, man, they are soooo mean, those Teabaggers and OWS types.

The French nobility had no idea what it had done wrong when they got dragged off the guillotine...

Again with the ignorant stereotypes.

I have to work for a living. I'm not rich.

Whiny socialist.

I work for a living, too. But I actually produce something. I don't gamble on what other people do and "bet against" things like you bragged here you do.

You should educate yourself more. Go to night school or something. Perhaps you wouldn't be so ignorant.

 

[Toro]

Of course they generate wealth...

They give you 100 dollars and you have to pay back 110 dollars... Thats how they make their money...

Well, that's the problem, isn't it. I had to create the extra ten dollars, not them.

Karl Marx made the same argument.

lol

 

[JoeB131]

Other stereotypes

- Jews are money suckers.
- Blacks are thieves
- Mormons are ... oh wait, you've already got that one covered.

The people whom I work for are the workers for whom you claim to speak. (Socialists commonly claim to speak for the working man.) I can assure you, they see the wealth I generate for them and are grateful for it.

Living in horrid fear someone might develop an economic system where you'd be useless, eh?

The people you work for are bloodsuckers. Every last one of them. Wall Street is the center of all the evil in this recession, and to date, no one has been held to account. No one.

That's the problem. You've capitalized profit and you've socialized risk. You win, you get the benefits. You lose, you still get benefits, and the rest of us end up paying for it.

Like the AmPad workers.... Oh, pointing out Romney screwed them is wrong.... can't do that.

 

[JoeB131]

Again with the ignorant stereotypes.

I have to work for a living. I'm not rich.

Whiny socialist.

I work for a living, too. But I actually produce something. I don't gamble on what other people do and "bet against" things like you bragged here you do.

You should educate yourself more. Go to night school or something. Perhaps you wouldn't be so ignorant.

Hey, guy, I'm just pointing out what you said. You said you made a bunch of money betting against real estate. This is what you bragged about. I wonder if you'd brag about it so loudly in a room full of 12 people who lost their homes in this recession. Personally, I'd pay good money to watch that.

 

[Toro]

Other stereotypes

- Jews are money suckers.
- Blacks are thieves
- Mormons are ... oh wait, you've already got that one covered.

The people whom I work for are the workers for whom you claim to speak. (Socialists commonly claim to speak for the working man.) I can assure you, they see the wealth I generate for them and are grateful for it.

Living in horrid fear someone might develop an economic system where you'd be useless, eh?

The people you work for are bloodsuckers. Every last one of them. Wall Street is the center of all the evil in this recession, and to date, no one has been held to account. No one.

That's the problem. You've capitalized profit and you've socialized risk. You win, you get the benefits. You lose, you still get benefits, and the rest of us end up paying for it.

Like the AmPad workers.... Oh, pointing out Romney screwed them is wrong.... can't do that.

I found a new avatar for you.

 

[Toro]

I work for a living, too. But I actually produce something. I don't gamble on what other people do and "bet against" things like you bragged here you do.

You should educate yourself more. Go to night school or something. Perhaps you wouldn't be so ignorant.

Hey, guy, I'm just pointing out what you said. You said you made a bunch of money betting against real estate. This is what you bragged about. I wonder if you'd brag about it so loudly in a room full of 12 people who lost their homes in this recession. Personally, I'd pay good money to watch that.

I'm sure you would.

The communists had no problem eliminating the financiers.

 

[Mr.Nick]

The CRA gave the greedy welfare class free homes, homes which qualified the same welfare fucks for credit cards.. These same fucks used the plastic until it maxed out and they went and got another one..

At the pinnacle of this plastic charge card frenzy I was a teenager jocking a cash register and I was quite disturbed by the fact 90% of sales were charges... I thought it was crazy and irresponsible...

So don't tell me people didn't abuse credit - I saw that shit first hand - it was my job to scan their cards..

But the banks were happy to give out those credit cards, that's the point. I throw out five "pre-approved" credit card offers every week, even though right now, I make less than I made 5 years ago and my mortgage is officially underwater.

The CRA was a bad law, and unlike other responsible companies that say, "Well, it's a bad law, but let's try to work with it as best we can", the Banksters and Wall Street folks said, "It's a bad law, let's see how much we can loot before the roof collapses in."

Why wouldn't it be a good idea to lend to home owners??? they own a fucking home..

Oh not to mention it was the homeowner that took the fucking credit in the first place.

I've NEVER had a credit card - nor have I ever wanted one or have been tempted to get one...

If a mom gives a kid 20 bucks for a loaf of bread and the mom expects the change back and the kid shows up an hour later with nothing more than a sugar high who's fault is that??? Mom or the kid??

You may as well blame stores for getting robbed next because they have money and some people need money..

How is stealing from a lender any different??

Just because they give you an opportunity to borrow money at an insane interest rate doesn't mean its OK to just go and do that then not pay them back...

 

[JoeB131]

Other stereotypes

- Jews are money suckers.
- Blacks are thieves
- Mormons are ... oh wait, you've already got that one covered.

The people whom I work for are the workers for whom you claim to speak. (Socialists commonly claim to speak for the working man.) I can assure you, they see the wealth I generate for them and are grateful for it.

Living in horrid fear someone might develop an economic system where you'd be useless, eh?

The people you work for are bloodsuckers. Every last one of them. Wall Street is the center of all the evil in this recession, and to date, no one has been held to account. No one.

That's the problem. You've capitalized profit and you've socialized risk. You win, you get the benefits. You lose, you still get benefits, and the rest of us end up paying for it.

Like the AmPad workers.... Oh, pointing out Romney screwed them is wrong.... can't do that.

I found a new avatar for you.

Right... because anyone who thinks that you ripping off Granny's pension was a bad thing is obviously a socialist. Granny shouldn't have left her money somewhere that people like you could steal it....

Hey, man, found a new avi for you...

We'll get to see that image a lot if we are dumb enough to nominate Romney...

 

[Toro]

Living in horrid fear someone might develop an economic system where you'd be useless, eh?

The people you work for are bloodsuckers. Every last one of them. Wall Street is the center of all the evil in this recession, and to date, no one has been held to account. No one.

That's the problem. You've capitalized profit and you've socialized risk. You win, you get the benefits. You lose, you still get benefits, and the rest of us end up paying for it.

Like the AmPad workers.... Oh, pointing out Romney screwed them is wrong.... can't do that.

I found a new avatar for you.

Right... because anyone who thinks that you ripping off Granny's pension was a bad thing is obviously a socialist. Granny shouldn't have left her money somewhere that people like you could steal it....

Hey, man, found a new avi for you...

We'll get to see that image a lot if we are dumb enough to nominate Romney...

You're pretty slow on the uptake CommieJoe. Granny's pension is bigger because of me.

Here's a picture of your intellectual mentor. You could put it in your sig.

 

[JoeB131]

Why wouldn't it be a good idea to lend to home owners??? they own a fucking home..

Oh not to mention it was the homeowner that took the fucking credit in the first place.

I've NEVER had a credit card - nor have I ever wanted one or have been tempted to get one...

If a mom gives a kid 20 bucks for a loaf of bread and the mom expects the change back and the kid shows up an hour later with nothing more than a sugar high who's fault is that??? Mom or the kid??

You may as well blame stores for getting robbed next because they have money and some people need money..

How is stealing from a lender any different??

Just because they give you an opportunity to borrow money at an insane interest rate doesn't mean its OK to just go and do that then not pay them back...

Except the lenders aren't a store. They lend to people knowing they won't pay them back because the system we have backs their play.

Bankruptcy makes sure they get some of their money back and outrageous interest rates allow them to make up the losses of the few who do by extorting money from those who want to. And, sorry, these days, you can't really get by without a credit card. You just can't.

I blame both Wall Street and government for this current mess. They both deservet heir share of the blame. TEA and OWS just want all the blame to go to one or the other.

 

[Mr.Nick]

I found a new avatar for you.

Right... because anyone who thinks that you ripping off Granny's pension was a bad thing is obviously a socialist. Granny shouldn't have left her money somewhere that people like you could steal it....

Hey, man, found a new avi for you...

We'll get to see that image a lot if we are dumb enough to nominate Romney...

You're pretty slow on the uptake CommieJoe. Granny's pension is bigger because of me.

Here's a picture of your intellectual mentor. You could put it in your sig.

This may be more appropriate..

 

[JoeB131]

You're pretty slow on the uptake CommieJoe. Granny's pension is bigger because of me.

Here's a picture of your intellectual mentor. You could put it in your sig.

Uh, guy, sorry, just don't see why the 1% need to get richer at the expense of the rest of us... I can't see why a guy like Romney needs to screw over AmPad workers to make himself richer. That makes him a bad person, to my mind.

I see the retail results of your greed. Every day. Good people who can't find jobs who ask me to redo their resumes. People who find themselves out of jobs at 55 and no one will touch them because they are too old.

You know what, maybe I'm getting old, but when I was growing up, the nuns taught us that greed was a sin. One of the Seven Deadly ones, in fact.

When did it become a virtue?

 

[Contumacious]

Is Wall Street America's One Common Enemy That Unites the Left and Right?!

Excuse me Vernon, clarify some facts for me.

Were the companies BAILED OUT BY FEDGOV or did they break and enter the US Treasury and stole the money?

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[Mr.Nick]

Why wouldn't it be a good idea to lend to home owners??? they own a fucking home..

Oh not to mention it was the homeowner that took the fucking credit in the first place.

I've NEVER had a credit card - nor have I ever wanted one or have been tempted to get one...

If a mom gives a kid 20 bucks for a loaf of bread and the mom expects the change back and the kid shows up an hour later with nothing more than a sugar high who's fault is that??? Mom or the kid??

You may as well blame stores for getting robbed next because they have money and some people need money..

How is stealing from a lender any different??

Just because they give you an opportunity to borrow money at an insane interest rate doesn't mean its OK to just go and do that then not pay them back...

Except the lenders aren't a store. They lend to people knowing they won't pay them back because the system we have backs their play.

Bankruptcy makes sure they get some of their money back and outrageous interest rates allow them to make up the losses of the few who do by extorting money from those who want to. And, sorry, these days, you can't really get by without a credit card. You just can't.

I blame both Wall Street and government for this current mess. They both deservet heir share of the blame. TEA and OWS just want all the blame to go to one or the other.

That is somewhat true, some monies are insured and the bigger "banks" have little risk lending, however democrats only made that possible..

Look at what happened over the past few years - larger banks are buying the smaller banks...

However none of this changes the fact that businesses use credit, pay their employees to make a product that a person borrows money to buy but never pays back.. Then the FED attempts to fill the void created from that bizarre cycle by printing more money..

It's economically retarded..

The government is responsible for all of it........

 

[chanel]

Someone who claims to be a Republican wrote this today.

Liberals and conservatives alike hate you people. You are the one common enemy.

It ain't a left-right thing.

The "you people" he is referring to are professional investors, i.e. Wall Street. (Or perhaps he was referring to Canadians. If so, I'll alert Ottawa.)

Now, this surprised me a bit. I always thought Republicans were very friendly towards professional investors by lowering capital gains, opposing Dodd-Frank and other regulations, opposing tax increases on carried interest for hedge fund managers, etc. And Democrats, though not particularly buddy-buddy with Wall Street, haven't exactly been storming the barriers to lynch the titans of high finance either.

Is he right? Help me clarify this pressing issue!

Our retirement plans and our children's college funds are in stocks and mutual funds. What is good for the market, is good for us. And our employees. And our parents. And anyone else who has saved for their future.

I have friends and family in banking and finance. None of them own their own jets. And even if they did, I would not disown them. True story.

The boogyman is not real. But it makes for great fiction.

 

[JoeB131]

Why wouldn't it be a good idea to lend to home owners??? they own a fucking home..

Oh not to mention it was the homeowner that took the fucking credit in the first place.

I've NEVER had a credit card - nor have I ever wanted one or have been tempted to get one...

If a mom gives a kid 20 bucks for a loaf of bread and the mom expects the change back and the kid shows up an hour later with nothing more than a sugar high who's fault is that??? Mom or the kid??

You may as well blame stores for getting robbed next because they have money and some people need money..

How is stealing from a lender any different??

Just because they give you an opportunity to borrow money at an insane interest rate doesn't mean its OK to just go and do that then not pay them back...

Except the lenders aren't a store. They lend to people knowing they won't pay them back because the system we have backs their play.

Bankruptcy makes sure they get some of their money back and outrageous interest rates allow them to make up the losses of the few who do by extorting money from those who want to. And, sorry, these days, you can't really get by without a credit card. You just can't.

I blame both Wall Street and government for this current mess. They both deservet heir share of the blame. TEA and OWS just want all the blame to go to one or the other.

That is somewhat true, some monies are insured and the bigger "banks" have little risk lending, however democrats only made that possible..

Look at what happened over the past few years - larger banks are buying the smaller banks...

However none of this changes the fact that businesses use credit, pay their employees to make a product that a person borrows money to buy but never pays back.. Then the FED attempts to fill the void created from that bizarre cycle by printing more money..

It's economically retarded..

The government is responsible for all of it........

No, the banks were responsible for their share, too. So were the large corporations that used free trade an union busting to hollow out what we used to call the middle class.

The banks weren't exactly sitting on the sidelines. They were paying both parties to influence the laws. In anotehr post, I pointed out that the big wall street firms were Obama's biggest contributors in 2008. They gave him tens of millions. Dodd. Frank, Kerry, the whole lot of them. Lots of money from Wall Street. And when they needed that bailout, they got it...