Renovator's Dream

Things are financially tougher for the US government than anyone could have possibly imagined.


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It's going for $10 million, which is a hell of a bargain for such a prime Washington DC address.

The ad doesn't make clear if the air defence system on the roof is included.

How The US Intends To Stop The Next Financial Crisis : 'We Will Ask People To Stop Cheating'



And so it is up left up to the 'funny coz it's true' alternative news like The Daily Show to expose just how vulnerable the US economy and financial institutions was to theft, fraud and apocalyptic greed, and how vulnerable they remain still :

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Obama And The Bankers



By Darryl Mason

President Obama sat down with 12 cashed-up-from-the-taxpayers-pocket members of the American banking and financial industry. He told them, in short, to shape up, get their money back out there and spread around the wealth :

So my main message in today's meeting was very simple: that America's banks received extraordinary assistance from American taxpayers to rebuild their industry -- and now that they're back on their feet, we expect an extraordinary commitment from them to help rebuild our economy.

And I made very clear that I have no intention of letting their lobbyists thwart reforms necessary to protect the American people. If they wish to fight common-sense consumer protections, that's a fight I'm more than willing to have.

The way I see it, having recovered with the help of the American government and the American taxpayers, our banks now have a greater obligation to the goal of a wider recovery, a more stable system, and more broadly shared prosperity.

Obama needs to go into those meetings with a baseball bat by his side.

Let's take a closer look at those faces :









No, not a lot of laughs in that room.

I take that as a good sign.


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