Here's prescient: eight years ago, one of the current presidential candidates warned the Journal-Sentinel of a potential taxpayer bailout similar to the savings and loan crisis today, urged lawmakers to cut government benefits to mortgage-market giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- which he called 'poster children for corporate welfare.'
He's also the only current candidate demanding "Immediate Changes Required for Any Bailout" such as:
No bailouts without conditions and reciprocity in the form of stock warrants
*No more lobbying for any company that is bailed out
*No golden parachutes and get out of jail free cards for guilty executives
*No bailouts without public hearings
The $1 Trillion bailout being planned over the weekend is a fine bipartisan effort that will heed none of these commonsense ideas that are actually in the public interest.
OLB Greeting Bad River Ojibwe To Milwaukee, 1/8/13
Walker Killed Emerging WI Train Jobs, Industry
Worsening a stalled economy...click the photo.
Why, thank you, righty commenters:
"Jimbo, I'll give you credit; you are like the mosquitoes in Alaska, you never go away."
And on my Purple WI blog:
"I can't believe I am saying this, but I actually have to agree with Jimmy on the [proposed, new $200 million] DOT building. If the current place is functional, why do we need a new one? PS: As usual, the rest of his article is complete liberal garbage."
Wisconsin's environment imperiled by Scott Walker. Click the photo for more information.
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James Rowen, a writer and consultant, worked for newspapers, and as the senior Mayoral staffer, in Madison and Milwaukee, WI. This blog began on 2/2/ 2007.
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Here's prescient: eight years ago, one of the current presidential candidates warned the Journal-Sentinel of a potential taxpayer bailout similar to the savings and loan crisis today, urged lawmakers to cut government benefits to mortgage-market giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- which he called 'poster children for corporate welfare.'
http://www.votenader.org/media/2008/09/16/meltdown/
He's also the only current candidate demanding "Immediate Changes Required for Any Bailout" such as:
No bailouts without conditions and reciprocity in the form of stock warrants
*No more lobbying for any company that is bailed out
*No golden parachutes and get out of jail free cards for guilty executives
*No bailouts without public hearings
The $1 Trillion bailout being planned over the weekend is a fine bipartisan effort that will heed none of these commonsense ideas that are actually in the public interest.
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