Submitted by twig on Thu, 11/22/2012 - 1:07pm
A few days ago, Goldman Sux CEO Lloyd Blankfein was "interviewed" by a CBS tool, giving him an opportunity to explain that entitlements like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are just too expensive to continue. Yes, it's old news, already reported earlier here and here. But what I totally missed is that Blankfein's math is waaaaaay off, creating an opening for some LTEs. Read below the fold...
Submitted by DCblogger on Tue, 11/20/2012 - 11:00am
Submitted by angryfutureexpat on Sat, 05/01/2010 - 8:51pm
People are flawed, in fact pretty much everybody is completely fucked up in one way or another. It's human nature, it's always been that way, and it will always be that way - not a goddamn thing we can do to change it. But there are things that, as a society we can do to make lives better. For example, I'm all for a broad social safety net, and I think that Social Security and Medicare are, for the most part good programs. Read below the fold...
Submitted by angryfutureexpat on Thu, 04/22/2010 - 11:09am
[Welcome, C&L readers! -- lambert]
Charles Wilson, the President of General Motors once famously said during congressional hearings that, as Secretary of Defense, he would be able to make a decision adverse to the interests of GM but that such a situation was virtually inconceivable "because for years I thought what was good for the country was good for General Motors and vice versa". For decades, Charles Wilson has stood alone as the Platonic ideal of corporate whores and douchebags who have no compunction about plundering the public and the Treasury to serve their corporate ends, because, well, hey if it's good for us, it's good for the America. Read below the fold...
