But give my daddy a job cause he needs one
Hes got lots of mouths to feed
But if youve got one, I'll have a machine gun
So I can scare all the kids down the street
Father christmas, give us some money
We got no time for your silly toys
We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over
Give all the toys to the little rich boys -- The Kinks
The liars and crooks who run the investment banks that are now the largest welfare institutions on the planet took out almost $2 billion of money JUST THIS YEAR that they should have been saving for the rainy day that's now here and handed it to the 600 people they thought were most important to their companies' well-being.
And now they're still driving around in corporate jets even after becoming welfare institutions? I went down to Wall Street to find some people to defend this concept. We got a guy on our show tonight who says it's probably not a bad idea to let Wall Street remain excessively wealthy....
We'll be doling out "gift ideas" on Happy Hour later today, and I think I've got a good, sarcastic gift idea to save Joe Sixpack. I just hope Obama/Pelosi/Palin/Paulson don't wind of this idea and think it's serious...because the socialist Republican/Democrats that you guys keep voting into office might want to put this over on us economy-destroying worthless savers and renters:
I’d like to give the $2.6 million that the average Wall Streeter got last year to every elected politician and bureaucrat in this country – to every small town councilmember, police officer, firefighter and sewer cleaner, every mayor, every US and state representative and even, yes, Bush and Pelosi and Ben and Hank…
Don’t you guys realize that unless rich people feel rich everyday, that this economy will implode and Joe Sixpack will lose his job, and since it’s too outrageous to give Wall Streeters this big a bonus after they’ve destroyed our economy and are now on welfare…let’s pick the old-school bureaucrats to take their place!.
PS. Flip It, indeed. You know it's bad when you have to explain that you're just being sarcastic when you propose something as outrageous as I just did. I mean, didn't you think it had to be a joke when you heard that the real estate developers of the world were uniting to beg for welfare for the ownership class they represent?
It seems as though the super wealthy have declared war on the common people and our own government has taken sides with them.
The politicians can't see past the next election so all most of them care about is filling their pockets with payoff money.
Seems every time you look a new law has been made to further the Banker's powers and diminish ours.
The constitution clearly states that the government is suppose to be by us and for us.
December 23, 2008 at 4:43 pm
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Cody Willard is an anchor on the FOX Business Network. Willard is also the principal of an investment management company.
He was a long-time featured columnist for the Financial Times and TheStreet.com as well as a regular featured economist and stock picker on CNBC's ''Kudlow & Company."
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It seems as though the super wealthy have declared war on the common people and our own government has taken sides with them. The politicians can't see past the next election so all most of them care about is filling their pockets with payoff money. Seems every time you look a new law has been made to further the Banker's powers and diminish ours. The constitution clearly states that the government is suppose to be by us and for us.