Because AIG and a number of other bailout baby’s are trying to lobby against workers rights laws while receiving TAX PAYER money, and of course that money comes from all of us including union workers, should their very own tax dollars be used to fight them with?
Three days after receiving $25 billion in federal bailout funds, Bank of America Corp. hosted a conference call with conservative activists and business officials to organize opposition to the U.S. labor community’s top legislative priority.
Participants on the October 17 call — including at least one representative from another bailout recipient, AIG — were urged to persuade their clients to send "large contributions" to groups working against the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), as well as to vulnerable Senate Republicans, who could help block passage of the bill.
…Donations of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars to Republican senatorial campaigns were needed, they argued…"If a retailer has not gotten involved in this, if he has not spent money on this election, if he has not sent money to [former Sen.] Norm Coleman and all these other guys, they should be shot. They should be thrown out their goddamn jobs," Marcus declared.
Not only are some of the most non-trusted companies in America blatantly trying to buy off Congress, but they’re using our bailout money to do it. Enough!
No it should not. In-fact there should be no bailouts.
What they should have done with the housing mess is re do the mortgages, they should not reduce the price paid for the house (not our fault they paid that much) lower the interest rate and change it to a 40-50-60 year loan.
But either way they need to pay it back in full.
The people that did the right thing should not have to pay for stupid people.
February 22nd, 2010 at 12:27 am
No it should not. In-fact there should be no bailouts.
What they should have done with the housing mess is re do the mortgages, they should not reduce the price paid for the house (not our fault they paid that much) lower the interest rate and change it to a 40-50-60 year loan.
But either way they need to pay it back in full.
The people that did the right thing should not have to pay for stupid people.
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