Obama to net $400K for Wall Street speech

ttystikk

ttystikk

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Padawanbater2 said:
The financial industry, among others, provided funding to Obama's campaign in 2008, amidst an economic recession. He bailed out the financial industry, not a single banker went to jail, and the regulations put in place (Dodd-Frank) were insufficient to prevent another crash like the last.

Obama and the Democrats had complete control of the government, they held a supermajority in congress. They passed Romneycare, a right wing healthcare initiative pushed by the Heritage Foundation.

Oh, did I mention those same politicians most in favor of the ACA are bought and paid for, via campaign donations, by the pharmaceutical industry?
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I agree with this.

I'm interested in why @UncleBuck does not.
 
Padawanbater2

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ttystikk said:
I agree with this.

I'm interested in why @UncleBuck does not.
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Because he supports Obama. He can't even admit he supports/opposes NAFTA because I posted quotes of him showing complete disapproval of it yet he supports the Clintons, who support NAFTA.. HAHA! Owned. Dude always falls for the traps. His ego can't help it!
 
Grandpapy

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ttystikk said:
? I'm missing the joke/satire here. Help me out?
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This is from a generation ago.

While CNOOC's lobbying onslaught might seem an unusual strategy to be used by a state-owned company from the world's largest communist country, it is really just the latest and most visible example of China's long-running and rapidly escalating efforts to influence U.S. policy and public opinion.

https://www.publicintegrity.org/2005/09/13/6554/china-steps-its-lobbying-game

China knows Corporations have no soul or guilt or a need to be a loyal American.

Just like Baseball Apple pie and Chevrolet.
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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Padawanbater2 said:
Because he supports Obama. He can't even admit he supports/opposes NAFTA because I posted quotes of him showing complete disapproval of it yet he supports the Clintons, who support NAFTA.. HAHA! Owned. Dude always falls for the traps. His ego can't help it!
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Focusing on the issues, I believe NAFTA would serve all the countries better if we included provisions to protect wages and benefits and at the same time made provisions to address the effects of subsidies. Those are tweaks to improve a system that's already working, I'm not an advocate for throwing the whole thing out altogether.

Doing this would strengthen all our economies and make it less attractive for either of the other countries to consider replacing us with China as a primary trading partner.

It's time our country understands that protecting the middle class as the core of our economic strength is the heart of our future prosperity.

If Germany knows this, does this and prospers, then surely we can do the same.
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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Grandpapy said:
This is from a generation ago.

While CNOOC's lobbying onslaught might seem an unusual strategy to be used by a state-owned company from the world's largest communist country, it is really just the latest and most visible example of China's long-running and rapidly escalating efforts to influence U.S. policy and public opinion.

https://www.publicintegrity.org/2005/09/13/6554/china-steps-its-lobbying-game

China knows Corporations have no soul or guilt or a need to be a loyal American.

Just like Baseball Apple pie and Chevrolet.
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Good read!
Here's one for you;
http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/mercers/

Do tell me what you think of it?
 
mr sunshine

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Padawanbater2 said:
Every president does this, including Bush and Trump.

Back at you, are Republicans the only politicians who are corrupt?

You keep trying to label me as a racist without actually providing the evidence. All conjecture and butthurt opinion because our side is gaining momentum.


Continue to accuse us of racism/sexism all you want, as I said before, it only makes our position that much stronger. You have literally nothing to say about the policies we support because you can't and continue to claim yourselves to be progressives. We support universal healthcare, you don't. We support universal college, you don't. We support raising the minimum wage to a living wage, now you've been dragged along for the ride, because you have to be, because we've shown you to be the sellout shills that you all are. Who only represent progressive values when you think it benefits you.
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If every president does this why do you keep making threads about the black one?


I never called you a racist .
 
Grandpapy

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Scary, It reminds me of a ND farmer telling me how he pays 5 different rates for crop ins. on 1000ac. based on weather models generated by the Ins companies. (1980)

I always felt women run the world!! One way or an other.

We need to limit campaign spending and my own personal rule I'd like to see is impalement Limiting Campaign Air Time.
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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Grandpapy said:
Scary, It reminds me of a ND farmer telling me how he pays 5 different rates for crop ins. on 1000ac. based on weather models generated by the Ins companies. (1980)

I always felt women run the world!! One way or an other.

We need to limit campaign spending and my own personal rule I'd like to see is impalement Limiting Campaign Air Time.
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Cutting the cash umbilical between corporations, the donor class and campaigns would certainly have a desirable effect.
 
Grandpapy

Grandpapy

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ttystikk said:
Focusing on the issues, I believe NAFTA would serve all the countries better if we included provisions to protect wages and benefits and at the same time made provisions to address the effects of subsidies. Those are tweaks to improve a system that's already working, I'm not an advocate for throwing the whole thing out altogether.

Doing this would strengthen all our economies and make it less attractive for either of the other countries to consider replacing us with China as a primary trading partner.

It's time our country understands that protecting the middle class as the core of our economic strength is the heart of our future prosperity.

If Germany knows this, does this and prospers, then surely we can do the same.
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Germany had highly educated people overseeing their growth. Much to the mistrust of their past.

It's a balls to the wall mentality in Washington, that will leave us all exhausted.
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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Grandpapy said:
Germany had highly educated people overseeing their growth. Much to the mistrust of their past.

It's a balls to the wall mentality in Washington, that will leave us all exhausted.
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Yet we have highly educated people and we don't trust our past, either.

Americans are no longer in control of our governance.

We ARE a fascist state, there's no more 'becoming'.
 
dagwood45431

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ttystikk

ttystikk

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dagwood45431 said:
I was stoned last night (and now). The question I believe you think you answered was:

I'm sorry, but I'm having trouble parsing an answer to that specific question in any of your replies. Mind restating the answer?
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For the third time; Cantor Fitz is a mid sized investment banking firm filled with lots of top gun Wall Street whiz kids who like the idea of rubbing elbows with celebrities. The firm is happy to provide such speakers as enrichment, perks and bragging rights to its employees. Remember, it's all tax deductible.
 
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