Archives: Tweets
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Asking bankers if we should rescue other bankers is foolish – of course they say we should’ve rescued Lehman. Ask someone neutral instead!
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bored with all the mailing lists i’m reading these days – anyone have good suggestions for new ones?
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burrito = fail, but i found a good record shop, and bought some blue note jazz instead.
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needing a good burrito. and some fish tacos. badly.
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i wish i could get that deal – gambling with other people’s money, and then handing them the bill when i lose.
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five years ago, i called Goldman to open an account. they required $5million to say hello. now they want *my (tax) money* to bail them out.
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Hitchens is exactly right – America is a banana republic now – socialism for the rich, free enterprise for everyone else.
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this is a moral & ethical collapse more than financial – the money is a symptom of a larger illness – lack of accountability
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i still don’t see any shame, humility, regret, or embarrassment from Wall Street – just hands out for government (public) money.
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Christopher Hitchens on America as a Banana Republic – http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/10/hitchens200810