Archive for Economy
“Geezer Bandit” Terrorizes Southern CA!
The Geezer Bandit has been robbing banks in the San Diego area since August 2008. Imagine the carnage as this apparent octogenarian shuffles into the bank and croaks to the teller, “Your money or your life bitch” . Then this brutal blue hair flees on foot! I wonder why he seems to target the bailout banks like Bank of America? Attempts to catch up with him are futile. Grandpa thanks for all the Christmas Cash!!
"Geezer Bandit" caught on film but not on foot! Go Grandpa Go!
Dina Powell at Goldman Sachs
Dina Powell is going to save the world? The evil geniuses at Goldman Sachs are planning to thwart their image as soulless greed hounds and are doing so with the assistance of Dina Habib Powell. She will head up their effort in addition to her role as a managing partner.
Their initiative actually sounds good if it is for real. They will invest in 10,000 small businesses with grants and loans totalling $300,000,000 and some GS employees will be involved in a mentoring program. (Just don’t teach the the dark side, ok?) The program is an obvious effort to make up for the news of GS profiting like gang busters in the midst of this recession, (nothing wrong with profits just greediness) and holding up $16.7 billion to compensate employees which is up $4.3 billion from 2008. It is good to be GS!
Powell when confronted with a question if the firm is trying to bolster its image replied, “We’ve been working on these kinds of initiatives that use our resources and our people and our convening power to make a serious impact.” Oh yes they always make a serious impact. I wonder how many ex-Goldman Sachs employees are in the Obama administration?
Lloyd Bankfein CEO Goldman Sachs. Looks like a guy who would lend you the shirt off his back at 1000% interest!
VA Awards Employees While Vets Suffer
The VA has been doling out monetary awards to employees over the past several years while Veterans can’t even get decent care in the delapitated hospitals. CNN reports that “A report issued by the VA’s Office of Inspector General said the department issued millions of dollars in awards over a two-year period in 2007 and 2008.”
The most sickening details a mid level manager in charge of writing checks was taking $60,000 in bonuses for herself while pushing through over $140,000 for tuition reimbursement for her own family according to the VA Inspector General office.
What really makes me angry as a veteran is that service members who need the assistance of the VA stand in lines, shuffle miles of paperwork and get that we are the government and control you attitude from these same people. How much red tape and denials do our Veterans go through just to get additional training when they need it for employement? Then they are working at jobs that maybe, just maybe if they are lucky pay $60,00o per year! 65% of the Veteran claims for benefits are in backlog.
We need change in this country and it is up to us. This government is dying on vine due to the leaches who work in it and fill the offices in congress. It is still barely in our hands. American citizens who love this country need to turn them out. Vote against anyone who is all ready in government and replace them with your neighbors or yourself before they initiate changes that prevent even our votes from counting.
