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funeralcrasher ([personal profile] funeralcrasher) wrote2008-12-11 08:57 am

Double standards



Citigroup grovels and begs, then receives $20,000,000,000 from taxpayers. No congressional hearings, no CEO frog march to Washington, little to no oversight, and virtually no Republican outrage.

Yep, free market capitalism at it's best.

And it's just the tip of the $700 billion dollar iceberg for the banking industry.

[identity profile] terry-terrible.livejournal.com 2008-12-13 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
P.S. If you don't believe this is strictly a union-busting strategy, read this talking points memo sent around the GOP Senate staffers yesterday:

http://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/12/1713569.aspx