Posts Tagged ‘fat cat’

Publicly held bonuses are OK, it’s just the private sector ones that are bad.

December 29th, 2009 | No Comments

Obama has had a recurring theme that private sector banks are greedy.  He’s held true to that philosophy the entire time he campaigned and has as President as well.  Lots of other people jumped on the bandwagon: Join thousands of ordinary Americans October 25 through 27 as we protest the irresponsible behavior of America’s big [...]

Pay to Play – Obama’s fat cats

December 14th, 2009 | No Comments

Obama laid blame to the entire financial meltdown to the finance industry.  He trashed their bonuses as an example of why people don’t like banks right now. He sang a different tune last year.  He gladly accepted parts of their bonuses as the economy was melting down. Lehman Brothers $ 344,609 Bear Stearns $ 60,754 [...]

Obama helping out fat cat bankers

December 14th, 2009 | 1 Comment

More lunacy from the top.  At approximately 11:10 this morning, Obama is scheduled to meet with representatives of the financial industry.  Last night he had this to say about them: “I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on Wall Street.”….. “They’re still puzzled why it is [...]