You have to give Chuck Schumer credit. He is trying to solve New York and the country's problems as fast as possible and he is consistent. A day after calling for more money for struggling dairy farmers and more money for flood victims in Western NY, Schumer has a plan to avoid a Bernie repeat.
"A major part of the SEC's problem is that its annual budget is lacking in resources," said Schumer, a senior member of the banking committee that oversees the SEC.
"I am proposing that we fundamentally alter the way the SEC is funded ... I am introducing legislation next week, when we get back to Washington, so the SEC can use fees from institutions it regulates to fund its necessary operations."
Who cares if there is an expensive tie that binds the three plans together? Maybe Chuck took a look at what's going on in Yankee Stadium this season and figured if throwing money at a problem works for Joe Girardi, it could work for the entire nation. But if history is any guide, given that King Ponz was once reportedly on the short list to head the SEC, Schumer better be satisfied going 2 for 3.
Posted by Don Mattingly , Sep 03, 2009 2:06PM
Huh?
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 2:10PM
Greg,
Please stop.
Your Mom
PS, on the way home, would yoube a doll and pick up my Valium and Poppers?
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 2:12PM
Greg, you are the human incarnation of a balk.
Posted by Horace Clarke , Sep 03, 2009 2:13PM
Fuck ya'll crackers.
Posted by NakedShort , Sep 03, 2009 2:14PM
Have you seen my baseball?
-Warren
Posted by american bandersnatch , Sep 03, 2009 2:16PM
Greg, I must say, with all due respect, I find it very hard to see the thought process behind some of the posts you have made on this fine website. In the past twenty days you have caused myself, and the city of New York, a good deal of distress, as we have watched you take our beloved DealBreaker and reduce it to an embarrassment.
Posted by Dave Stewart, Oakland , Sep 03, 2009 2:16PM
3,
You mean 'personification,' correct?
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 2:18PM
@6 not if you read the posts by the other writer.
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 2:19PM
@6 the amount of time you just took to write that comment is the embarrassment.
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 2:20PM
daniel harrison vs. greg michaels. who's worse?
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 2:21PM
these tedious posts never get old
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 2:26PM
@7
Yes, seeing as that's what "human incarnation" means.
-3
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 2:34PM
12,
I would like to connect your eyebrows with a sharpie while whistling Tony Dixon, and rubbing hand sanitizer on the back of my elbows.
-Jeff Macke
Posted by NakedShort , Sep 03, 2009 2:34PM
Fuck me is it Friday yet? I was trolling around in the archives and just read Dealbreaker's Privacy Policy start to finish. I feel pretty safe and like a gigantic toolshed.
Posted by HAM05 , Sep 03, 2009 2:36PM
naked - www.thesuperficial.com always keeps me entertained when db is slow
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 2:36PM
This post IS a little baroque. Maybe Greg was feeling good about the Yankees & there's not much more to it than that.
The actual narrative here seems to be Mary Schapiro one step closer to real independence from Congress. It would be interesting to hear Timmay's uncensored thoughts.
Posted by Jim Lipton , Sep 03, 2009 2:38PM
@Jeff Macke guy -- you are a deliiiiigggghhhhht! If your posts had an adjective to describe them, it would be "scrumptralescent."
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 2:38PM
Greg,
What was your job before DB? PWM Analyst at Jefferies?
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 2:42PM
Greg, I'm going to make a baseball bat disappear using no magic, lots of petroleum jelly, and you as an assistant.
-Jeff Macke
Posted by NakedShort , Sep 03, 2009 2:42PM
Jeff Macke guy
@17 & I have a few questions:
What is your favorite word?
What is your least favorite word?
What turns you on?
What turns you off?
What sound or noise you love?
What sound or noise you hate?
What is your favorite curse word?
What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
What profession would you not like to do?
If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
Posted by NakedShort , Sep 03, 2009 2:44PM
@Ham thank you for sharing your wisdom; it has been added to my favorites.
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 3:00PM
What is your favorite word? 7
What is your least favorite word? 3
What turns you on? Bathing in Pink Lemonade Crystal Light
What turns you off? Car People!
What sound or noise you love? Metal hitting bone
What sound or noise you hate? My inside voices
What is your favorite curse word? Shitcock
What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Garbage man
What profession would you not like to do? Trash collector
If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Go back down to Earth and make a distracting rustling noise near Greg's desk.
-Jeff Macke
Posted by NakedShort , Sep 03, 2009 3:17PM
@22 Thank you made my day
Posted by Anal_yst , Sep 03, 2009 3:20PM
@Ham/Naked
Always good stuff there (sometimes), but pretty sure its based on the left coast so alota times nothing until noonish.
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 7:50PM
I am introducing legislation next week, when we get back to Washington, so the SEC can use fees from institutions it regulates to fund its necessary operations."
So we're going to make the SEC financially dependent on the institutions it's supposed to police. Yeah, that'll work. No conflict of interest there, nosiree.
Fucking Schumer. The brains that God gave canned dogfood.