2009 Anal-Ocity
Posted: 23 May 2009 Filed under: Government, News, War | Tags: Anal Statements, Anal-ocity, Gitmo, Inmates, War On Terror 2 Comments »Lots of talk about closing Gitmo. Lots of debate and most of it is just plain silly. After reading what Sen. John Thune of South Dakota had to say about the closing he had to become an Anal-Ocity.
“The American people don’t want these men walking the streets of America’s neighborhoods. The American people don’t want these detainees held at a military base or federal prison in their backyard, either.” – Sen. John Thune
Walking the streets? Where do they get this stuff? We already have some guys in prison in the US and so far they have not escaped or help form new US AQ cells.
Is it not about time to flush the whole fear thing down the toilet and come up with some REAL ideas?
Remember CEO Pay Outrage?
Posted: 23 May 2009 Filed under: Business, Economics, Fiscal Policy, Government, News | Tags: CEOs, Economic Crisis, Secretary Of Treasury, Wall Street Leave a comment »A few months ago the country was outraged at the amount of compensation that the CEOs of the bailout companies were still getting even after accepting bailout cash. There was a ground swell of populist anger toward the corporations and the Obama Admin for allowing the people that caused the economic crisis to be generously compensated.
If people recall, there was much anger and chatter about forcing these CEOs into returning their bonuses and such. And Congress got involved in the outrage and Senators like Dodd added their two cents and said that there woulkd be changes for any company receiving taxpayer money.
Treasury Secretary Geither has said according to the AP:
Financial sector executives should not fear government imposed caps on their salaries even as the Obama administration moves to influence how firms pay their employees. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Monday that government should place “broad constraints” on the incentives that huge pay packages create for executives to take short-term risks. But he drew the line at government determining levels of pay.”I don’t think our government should set caps on compensation.”
Geithner said government standards could require that incentive pay be tied to long-term performance. He said such standards could combine with compensation disclosure requirements and giving shareholders the ability to vote on salary packages — a practice known as “say on pay.”
Basically, what is being said by Geithner is that the execs can keep their generous and mostly unwarranted bonuses. The people’s anger was for naught and NO ONE in Washington and the Admin is listening to their concerns.
Once again Wall Street gets the mine….Main Street gets the shaft.
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