There’s an old saying that goes “Poors- what are they good for? [sing this part] Absolutely nothin’!” Slightly clichéd though not necessarily untrue. Take the economy. Are the poor and middle class, many without jobs and/or disposable income, doing their part to stimulate the damn thing? No, not really. As always, the rich people have to do everything around here. Read more »
I mean really!
Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen Knows What You’ve Been Saying About His Country And Frankly Finds It Outrageous And Insulting
By Bess Levin
“One of the great pejorative terms that continue to be used is this thing of bailout which suggests that the country is in some way seeking not to meet its obligations, to meet its own debts,” Cowen said, rejecting the suggestion that Ireland will be unable to fund its obligation. “That is not the case.” He’s got some meetings set up re: this whole budget thing, they’ll sort it out, it’ll be fine, so just, shhh, relax. Read more »
“Don’t go expecting a movie that will give you some great intellectual or emotional insights into the Wall Street crisis. Sure, there are the obligatory “life on the trading floor” scenes and quasi-faithful recreations of arguments between Treasury and Wall Street at the oak-paneled New York Fed. And there are lots of cameos of CNBC anchors and Nouriel Roubini (as “Dr. Hashimi”) to give the movie “authenticity.” But the authenticity is as phony as Bernie Madoff’s investment returns. How many Fordham-educated prop traders with the last name “Moore” speak fluent Mandarin?” [WSJ via BI]
She’s gonna put some seriously importante dudes’ b’s in a vice and then just, you know, trah la la, act like nothing happened and expect the checks to keep coming? Girlfriend should consider thinking again!
“I think at least in the short term there is going to be a great deal of frustration with people who were beating the hell out of us — then turning around and asking for money,” said a senior executive of a Wall Street bank. One member coming in for special criticism: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), viewed as largely unwilling to publicly defend her home state’s top industry but who continues to make fundraising requests, according to Wall Street insiders. “Sometimes their chutzpah just has no bounds,” an executive said, referring to Gillibrand, who is on the ballot this fall. “People like her who didn’t stand up for us at all during the debate are certainly going to feel some pushback.” [Politico via Daily Intel]
In fact! We’ve obtained exclusive behind the scenes footage of exactly what sort of “pushback” the Senator from New York is in for and let me just say, it looks terrifying. Read more »
Kenneth Feinberg Making It Really Freaking Difficult For Wall Street Execs To Start Fresh With Their Mistresses
By Bess Levin
The devil. He doesn't care about your happiness.
While there has seemingly been an endless amount of bitching and moaning over Comp Cop Ken Feinberg’s infernal “views” on banker compensation, so far no one has actually been able to come up with a legit reason for why his freaky ass rules should be scrapped. Until now. Surely hearing that his pay structure is throwing a wrench in finance guys’ plans to leave their wives without rendering themselves penniless will be a wake-up call to K. Fein that all of this has too far, right? I mean, he’s got to listen to reason, DOESN’T HE? Read more »
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