Sunday, January 31, 2010
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ToDaZeD What Ya Won’t Get From Teh MSM. RTWT - srsly.
[Timothy P. Carney] For his presidential campaign in which Wall Street regulation was a mantra, Obama’s top source of funds was investment bank giant Goldman Sachs, whose employees, partners, and executives gave him $995,000 that’s the most any politician has raised from any one company in a single election since the age of “soft money” ended.
...Bank of America’s K Street lobbyists include Obama administration alumnus Oscar Ramirez and Chuck Schumer’s former press secretary Izzy Klein, both at the Podesta Group, co-founded by John Podesta, who served as Obama’s transition director, and has visited the White House more than 15 times.
...So when Obama, touting his bank tax, says “we want our money back,” recall that it was Obama who helped the banks take your money—without asking you. It’s as if a mugger took your wallet and gave it to Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein, and then posed as your champion by promising to raise Blankfein’s taxes. ... which, of course, the banks will just pass it through to customers ...
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