Monday, March 23, 2009

Petulant plutocrats



The banks' message [to the administration]: If you want our help to get credit flowing again to consumers and businesses, stop the rush to penalize our bonuses.

Wall Street Journal,
March 24, 2009

Isn't that behavior usually referred to as criminal extortion?
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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousTuesday, March 24, 2009 9:48:00 AM

    Why did I think of the comment Willy Sutton allegedly made? "I rob banks because that's where the money is." (What he actually said is at http://www.snopes.com/quotes/sutton.asp)

    We're getting robbed one way or the other.

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