Forum Post: Big Banks and the Corporations Destroyed this Economy
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 18, 2011, 1:14 a.m. EST by Chromer
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I just read a rather dated piece on "AmpedStatus Report" Website titled: "Full -Blown Civil War Erupts On Wall Street"
I was absolutely amazed. The law suites, the corruption in the banks, the amount of money involved. My god. It really is bad. I knew it was bad. But not this bad.
What amazes me is the amount of cover up. They were working with billions, trillions of dollars and no one has been held accountable. But, if I were to write a bad check for $100 dollars. I go to jail.
I know the government is at fault as well, but I think a message that we can all pull from this is that many in the government don't have a clue how any of this finance stuff works. They don't have a clue! They just rode the wave.
Unbelievable!
Check it out at: http://ampedstatus.org/full-blown-civil-war-erupts-on-wall-street-as-reality-finally-hits-the-financial-elite-they-start-turning-on-each-other/
Add insurance companies with huge payout to CEO's to that economy destroyed equation.............they too have been sucking trillions from tax payers...............big payouts for bonuses and advertisement………get rid of them. That money can be spent on Health Care payments instead.
One Point Program for OWS should be Tax reform.
We have been mislead by Reagan, Bush Sr, Clinton, Bush Jr, Obama, and nearly every other public figure. Economic growth, job creation, and actual prosperity are not necessarily a package deal. In fact, the first two are horribly misunderstood. Economic growth/loss (GDP) is little more than a measure of wealth changing hands. A transfer of currency from one party to another. The rate at which it is traded. This was up until mid ’07′ however, has never been a measure of actual prosperity. Neither has job creation. The phrase itself has been thrown around so often, and in such a generic political manner, that it has come to mean nothing. Of course, we need to have certain things done for the benefit of society as a whole. We need farmers, builders, manufacturers, transporters, teachers, cops, firefighters, soldiers, mechanics, sanitation workers, doctors, managers, and visionaries. Their work is vital. I’ll even go out on a limb and say that we need politicians, attorneys, bankers, investors, and entertainers. In order to keep them productive, we must provide reasonable incentives. We need to compensate each by a fair measure for their actual contributions to society. We need to provide a reasonable scale of income opportunity for every independent adult, every provider, and share responsibility for those who have a legitimate need for aid. In order to achieve and sustain this, we must also address the cost of living and the distribution of wealth. Here, we have failed miserably. The majority have already lost their home equity, their financial security, and their relative buying power. The middle class have actually lost much of their ability to make ends meet, re-pay loans, pay taxes, and support their own economy. The lower class have gone nearly bankrupt. In all, its a multi-trillion dollar loss taken over about 30 years. Millions are under the impression that we need to create more jobs simply to provide more opportunity. as if that would solve the problem. It won’t. Not by a longshot. Jobs don’t necessarily create wealth. In fact, they almost never do. For the mostpart, they only transfer wealth from one party to another. A gain here. A loss there. Appreciation in one community. Depreciation in another. In order to create net wealth, you must harvest a new resource or make more efficient use of one. Either way you must have a reliable and ethical system in place to distribute that newly created wealth in order to benefit society as a whole and prevent a lagging downside. The ‘free market’ just doesn’t cut it. Its a farce. Many of the jobs created are nothing but filler. The promises empty. Sure, unemployment reached an all-time low under Bush. GDP reached an all-time high. But those are both shallow and misleading indicators. In order to gauge actual prosperity, you must consider the economy in human terms. As of ’08′ the average American was working more hours than the previous generation with far less equity to show for it. Consumer debt, forclosure, and bankruptcy were also at all-time highs. As of ’08′, every major American city was riddled with depressed communities, neglected neighborhoods, failing infrastructures, lost revenue, and gang activity. All of this has coincided with massive economic growth and job creation. Meanwhile, the rich have been getting richer and richer and richer even after taxes. Our nation’s wealth has been concentrated. Again, this represents a multi-trillion dollar loss taken by the majority. Its an absolute deal breaker. Bottom line: With or without economic growth or job creation, you must have a system in place to prevent too much wealth from being concentrated at the top. Unfortunately, we don’t. Our economy has become nothing but a giant game of Monopoly. The richest one percent already own nearly 1/2 of all United States wealth. More than double their share before Reagan took office. Still, they want more. They absolutely will not stop. Now, our society as a whole is in serious jeapordy. Greed kills.
By the way, there is an obvious attempt to discredit the 'occupy' movement by posting insults, threats, and other lame psychological BS all over the web. Don't let the richest one percent and/or their goons intimidate or embarrass you. Just follow one simple rule. Keep protesting no matter what they say. Yup.
I support the protesting 110%, but I just can't help but think that this thing is SOOoooo Big, that its going to take a lot more than just protesting. These people at the top are ruthless and it is evidenced by their arrogance and the shear audacity they exercised creating this problem.
I truly hope change can be brought about peacefully.
Yep, unbelievable. I don't know what we can do about what has been done. But we can do something about the future if we stay the course. Here is my suggestion: http://www.occupywallst.org/forum/our-1st-demand-needs-to-be/
I have posted uncolored FACTS from the census showing what caused a LOT of the problems. No editorials, just a bunch of census numbers to show how much of this happened. See http://occupywallst.org/forum/inconvenient-truths-america/