WNYC: Naomi Klein on the Global Financial Crisis

[ProfessorPlum]

Run time: 09:54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnnfTNmLcNo   Posted on YouTube: October 23, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: October 27, 2008 By DU Member: ProfessorPlum Views on DU: 935

 

[midnight]

1. Namoi Kein's, compair and contrast between the Gordon Brown

model of rescue for the English verses the Henry Poulson Model for Americans outrages me. The English citizens are using the bailout money to shore up their infrastructure. The Poulson deal is shoring up more outrages spending by these greedy spenders. More mergers, bounus and perks for the workers who clearly need to end this spending.

[sattahipdeep]

2. Did Henry Paulson break his finger or did someone cut his tendon?

We haven't seen a family of rustlers like this since Frank and Jesse James. Keep in mind that Hank Paulson is worth $700 million on his own he just loves that 700 number. So forget the obscenity of any sports owner having the temerity to ask for public funds for a sports stadium at a time when we are collectively bailing out the nation's banks. Forget the lunacy of making the case for $85 million from a city that, despite its lush rose gardens and micro-breweries, has 16 percent of kids living below the poverty line. Forget all humanitarian and economic considerations. The fact is that the cash between the cushions at the Paulson family compound could pay for the new stadium in Portland and yet Merritt wants more. These aren't masters of industry. They're grifters.

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081103/zirin


Merritt Paulson :eyes:

[BelgianMadCow]

3. Extremely important insight for me

The difference between US and Europe's plans.
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