In about one month, a new chair of the Democratic National Committee will be chosen. As part of my on-going series of conversations with the candidates, I speak with New Hampshire state chair Raymond Buckley who has some pretty tough things to say about the DNC. You can go back to hear previous interviews with […]
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Episode 14: National Democratic Party Fight Heating Up, But The Action Is Local, Too
Posted on 25 January 2017.
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Bernie Sanders To Intro Bill to Break Up Big Banks
Posted on 14 December 2014.
Straightforward.
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Wall Street Weeps, Jamie Dimon Screams: Sherrod Brown, Not Schumer, Top Dem 2015 Banking Committee
Posted on 12 December 2014.
I must have some pent-up energy writing today…oh, well…probably a function of an active inbox today.
But, if you live anywhere near Wall Street and heard massive screaming, garments being torn and saw a distraught Jamie Dimon downing a few shots in the elite bar near the office, here’s why, a bright spot to wrap the week: Sherrod Brown is going to be the ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee in 2015, and, in hopeful sign to all middle-class people, Chuck Schumer won’t.
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Heh, Surprise: They Are At It Again
Posted on 29 October 2014.
Under the heading of I am not surprised at all…guess what…the bankers are cheating again.
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A Billion-Dollar Bank Scam
Posted on 29 September 2014.
A billion here, a billion there…all of a sudden…yeah, you’re talking real money. And one assumes that’s what the accountants at banks figure when they smile about the latest scam to pad the bottom line for banks. It’s called “dividend arbitrage”–and that “arbitrage” already gives a hint.
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BREAKING: Bank of America Cuts $16 Billion “Keep Our Executives Out Of Jail” Deal
Posted on 21 August 2014.
Well, this is just more of the same. Shareholders and customers pay the tab for greed and incompetence–and the Administration goes along. A new deal–but no one held responsible.
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Not News: Banks CEOs Don’t Care About The Country
Posted on 29 July 2014.
Under the heading of “this is not surprising”, I’d put this news: bank CEOs are playing a central role in moving companies overseas–or, actually, just reincorporating them to dodge taxes. And all for the usual reason: nice fat bank fees that help underwrite the pay packages of Jamie Dimon and his gang–the same gang that wrecked the economy, but still have their jobs.
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A Tiff Among The Elites
Posted on 17 March 2014.
A bit amusing. The bankrollers of the Republican Party (and the Democratic Party as well) are pissed…at the Republican Party. They were made for each other.
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Jamie “I Put Millions Out Of Work” Dimon Gets A Raise
Posted on 23 January 2014.
Par for the course. Though you would be right to say “you have got to be kidding,” the truth is that the signal has been sent from the White House and from most of Congress that the bankers will not go to jail and they will not bear any personal cost of causing the greatest financial crisis in generations, a crisis that cost millions of people their jobs, thei retirement, their dignity and their futures. And the crystal clear example, from the outset, has been Jamie Dimon. He’s getting a big fat raise.
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Fed Fog
Posted on 26 July 2013.
The absurdity of the debate about who should be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve Board is NOT in the debate about Larry Summers versus Janet Yellin. Nope. It’s in the questions not being asked.
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