Atlanta fast food employees rally for $15 a hour...

[chucklenut]

Anyone that does that much investing and manipulation of markets is a banker in my eyes. It's all intertwined and ugly as hell.

bankers earn on an interest/investment

AIG was paid by goldman sachs to insure CDOs goldman sachs created

not the same

 

[GeauxLSU]

You think they are two parties. That's cute.

It's come to my attention that condescension isn't an admirable (even if prolific) trait around here. There are two very distinct parties. We have the Socialist/Communist/Facist party, and we have the all talk no action unless contradictory to the talk spineless party.

 

[strider12]

Anyone that does that much investing and manipulation of markets is a banker in my eyes. It's all intertwined and ugly as hell.

This^^^^

 

[karlvv30]

bankers earn on an interest/investment

AIG was paid by goldman sachs to insure CDOs goldman sachs created

not the same

I understand that, but insurance companies also use their money to invest. The are definitely intertwined with the bankers and in my eyes, insurance companies are just as bad.

 

[strider12]

I understand that, but insurance companies also use their money to invest. The are definitely intertwined with the bankers and in my eyes, insurance companies are just as bad.

Really? I thought they just let that money sit in a vault.

 

[batoncolle]

I can agree with this for sure. People are lazy and stupid. I am not for protesting for wage increases or anything like that. I do however want the system fixed. The dollar has become worthless paper and that hurts everyone.

And this entire discussion we're having is the result of the actions of government. These idiots can protest all they want, but they are not getting what they want without the force of the government barrel.

Get government out of business (and most everything else for that matter), and the free market will correct itself.

 

[erkinator]

I never got a job from a poor person. I made myself worth something to the last 2 companies I have been with and they both rewarded me. The winers and lazy asses got fired when the economy tanked.

 

[STI]

 

[Old_School]

Most educated people don't understand basic economics (November 2008, November 2012) much less how idiotic the concept of a mandated 'minimum wage' is.

You're using the wrong terminology here. The Administration refers to it as a 'living wage'.

 

[Old_School]

Fix the people. Fix the government. And the capitalist market will fix it itself.

But are the first 2 fixable?