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Oh Please, Take Our Money!
Daily Kos —
File this one under boo-freaking-hoo: Wall Street banks have taken billions of taxpayer dollars. Now some of them are starting to wonder if they should give the money back. ... The efforts to break free of government support reflects a growing trepidation among Wall Street’s largest players about their independence and the new rules that may be imposed on them because they accepted federal capital. In recent weeks, the Obama administration has announced that banks will have to disclose more information about their spending and cap executive pay at $500,000. Several lawmakers have gone further with proposed ...
Change We Can Believe In
WTF Is It Now?!? —
What surprise. Now that there is going to be some restrictions on the great shitpile bailout, the big crisis is actually not such a crisis after all: Wall Street banks have taken billions of taxpayer dollars. Now some of them are starting to wonder if they should give the money back. In recent weeks, the Obama administration has announced that banks will have to disclose more information about their spending and cap executive pay at $500,000. Several lawmakers have gone further with proposed measures about compensation for all bank employees as well as halting certain types of immigration visas for companies that received government money. ...
What’s Wrong With Wall Street? Pt. 2
The Republic of T. —
Being married to a psychiatrist, there just happened to be a copy of the DSM IV in the house. I grabbed it and, on a hunch, turned to the section on personality disorders, where antisocial personality disorder caught my eye first.
Definition
Antisocial personality disorder is characterized by a lack of regard for the moral or legal standards in the local culture. There is a marked inability to get along with others or abide by societal rules. Individuals with this disorder are sometimes called psychopaths or sociopaths.
Diagnostic Criteria ( DSM-IV™ ) made easy.
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