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msnbc.msn.com - 2/4/2009

Obama to announce limits on executive pay

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The Obama administration plans to mandate new executive pay limits on Wednesday for government-assisted financial institutions in a new get-tough approach to bankers and Wall Street.

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nytimes.com - 2/4/2009

U.S. Plans to Curb Executive Pay for Bailout Recipients

— nytimes.com — The Obama administration is expected to impose a cap of $500,000 on the compensation of executives at companies that receive large new infusions of federal bailout money. > (more) U.S. Plans to Curb Executive Pay for Bailout Recipients

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nolimits.org - 1/28/2009

No Limits

— nolimits.org — The Journey Continues Ann Lewis, NoLimits.org President Everywhere I've gone in the last few months, I’ve seen people I worked with in Hillary’s campaign. I heard about the work you were doing, and how many of you signed up for Hillary Sent Me. I know ... (more) No Limits

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google.com - 2/4/2009

The Associated Press: Obama administration to issue executive pay limits

— google.com — 12 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) The Obama administration plans to mandate new executive pay limits on Wednesday for government-assisted financial institutions in a new get-tough approach to bankers and Wall Street. "If the taxpayers are helping you, ... (more) The Associated Press: Obama administration to issue ...

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Obama to announce executive pay limits
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — The people who allowed the crisis to happen will naturally start to make a fuss about this. We're going to hear cries of socialism and the normal kicking and screaming but until they can act like real capitalists and make due with their own money, there's no other way. ...

Funny...when it's health care for children, accountability matters a great deal
Brilliant at Breakfast — ... * and on stuffing more tens of millions into the pockets of the very executives who ran their banks into the ground, perhaps a little accountability is in order.

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Brilliant at Breakfast — Like most bloggers on our side of the fence, I read Hullabaloo religiously. But honestly, some days Digby and Dday just make me want to blow my brains out. I'm down with the ...

Dissecting Leftism — ... Obama to announce limits on executive pay: "The Obama administration plans to mandate new executive pay limits on Wednesday for government-assisted financial institutions in a new get-tough approach to bankers and Wall Street. `If the taxpayers are helping you, then you've got certain responsibilities to not be living high on the hog,' President Barack Obama said in an interview Tuesday with `NBC Nightly News'." [Hard to disagree with that] ...

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Brilliant at Breakfast — ... I woke this morning to NPR on the clock radio, not because I especially like it but because its a station that I can get in the bedroom, and ready to wake the boy for the bus I lay still for a few and listened to the reader tell me that President Obama "imposed a $500,000 cap on bonuses" for top executives in any institution that receives bailout money from the government....and I smiled; Kick fucking ass!! I sometimes look at the muted TV and see him mouthing words, as he does daily, and I think how lucky we are to have a good president, or at least one that's trying to do ...