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Re: Our financial system is crumbling this week.
Posted: April 20 09, 4:27 pm
by Arthur Dent
cpebbles wrote:My one big problem with this administration is still that they tried to shame AIG into accepting that instead of playing legal hardball to set precedent.
That's a charitable interpretation. It looks to me like Obama is trying to protect bankers and restore the old (failed) financial order. As he said to a meeting of bank CEOs, "My administration is the only thing between you and the pitchforks.”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/20871.html
Re: Our financial system is crumbling this week.
Posted: April 20 09, 5:03 pm
by ThatGuy
cpebbles wrote:Popeye_Card wrote:So you're telling me that you have $1200 a month left over after all the bills are paid.
And $1300 a month is thrown away...
How so?
Re: Our financial system is crumbling this week.
Posted: April 20 09, 5:11 pm
by MrCrowesGarden
ThatGuy wrote:cpebbles wrote:Popeye_Card wrote:So you're telling me that you have $1200 a month left over after all the bills are paid.
And $1300 a month is thrown away...
How so?
Tithing to the church.
Re: Our financial system is crumbling this week.
Posted: April 20 09, 5:46 pm
by ThatGuy
MrCrowesGarden wrote:ThatGuy wrote:cpebbles wrote:Popeye_Card wrote:So you're telling me that you have $1200 a month left over after all the bills are paid.
And $1300 a month is thrown away...
How so?
Tithing to the church.
That doesn't really answer my question.
Re: Our financial system is crumbling this week.
Posted: April 20 09, 5:54 pm
by cpebbles
If you want to spend $1300 a month bribing god, go ahead. Don't expect anyone else to just overlook that when you're trying to claim poverty.
Re: Our financial system is crumbling this week.
Posted: April 20 09, 6:06 pm
by ThatGuy
cpebbles wrote:If you want to spend $1300 a month bribing god, go ahead.
Ah, there we go. Just wanted to make sure.
That's an interesting (and offensive) way to characterize it.
Edit - Also, they weren't "claiming poverty." Might want to read the article again.
Re: Our financial system is crumbling this week.
Posted: April 20 09, 9:03 pm
by New Pagodi
Did anyone else know that the Ridgid company was a division of Emerson? Somehow I was completely oblivious that until a few days ago when I looked at the tag on a chop saw.
Re: Our financial system is crumbling this week.
Posted: April 20 09, 9:14 pm
by sighyoung
Leroy wrote:They should stop giving to the church because they are going to hell for being rich anyway.
I think they're hoping a camel can squeeze through the eye of a needle.
Re: Our financial system is crumbling this week.
Posted: April 20 09, 9:16 pm
by Leroy
New Pagodi wrote:I looked at the tag on a chop saw.
We should hang out.
Re: Our financial system is crumbling this week.
Posted: April 20 09, 9:42 pm
by docellis
The conflict potentially puts August Busch III in an awkward position as well. Busch, CEO of Anheuser-Busch for more than two decades, is on the Emerson board of directors. Another former A-B director, Carlos Fernandez, also is on Emerson's board. Fernandez is CEO of Grupo Modelo, one of the brewers deemed acceptable under Emerson's new policy.
Meanwhile, Anheuser-Busch issued a challenge to Emerson executives.
"As leaders in the St. Louis community, we will continue our commitment and would expect that Emerson would do the same," Peacock said. "We hope Emerson will join us in committing $2 million to the St. Louis United Way, as we committed to months ago after the (InBev) transaction closed."