And now, accoding to CNN, Obama and Geitner et al are looking at limiting bonuses of ALL wall street executives and bonuses to any one working on the street. Regardless of TARP participation.

Reap what you sow.

todler on May 13, 2009 at 10:14 AM

Of course, for their FRIENDS, those limits will magically disappear, just as they’re doing for Obama-Chyrsler-Fiat.

Timmy G’s initial reluctance to break contracts has since been corrected. Contract? We don’t abide by no stinking contracts! We’re the United States! The most powerful nation on earth! You must OBEY!

Unless you hate/kill Americans, in which case, we apologize for our arrogance. Here, have some cash.

Never answer a stupid question; rather, make your own pertinent point. There is no Marxist regime that did so well for its people as our free enterprise system has done for America and the world, and continues to bless with bounty for all participants whenever permitted.

Aside from all of the benefits American has given to them since Nixon, the only reason China is progressing is because they are converting into Fascism, as is Russia, and building their economy with their own version of capitalism, as communism is suicidal.

But politically, their people have no liberty to show for all of their hard work, no voice in how they are governed, and their complaints are met with a deaf ear, prison or execution. Any damned Democrat, Socialist or Progressive who denies that is a bold faced liar, saboteur, assassin and thug.

The Founding Fathers’ great experiment is living on borrowed time.

Obama would have us believe WE are living on borrowed time. No more than he is.

Conservatives have a knack for preserving the best, though all else fail, uphold the Constitution.

If Obama bankrupts the USA and every state in the union, uphold the Constitution.

So long as WE VOTE AGAINST FURTHER DEBT, HIGHER TAXES AND CUT ENTITLEMENTS, so long as we endure with less government, when forced to start our economy anew, as with the world in the same global mess, to hell with certain debt. Let our debtors forgive our debt, tit for tat. So we won’t be able to borrow. GOOD! We’ll have to make do with what we actually have, and our politicians can’t borrow to stay in office looking pretty. As if going further down the bottomless pit is better.

Treasury looked long and hard at the issue and concluded early this year that AIG was bound by its contracts to pay them.

Since when have contracts stopped the Obama presidency and Treasury from anything?

Bound by contracts, think CONSISTENCY!

Barry is a lying, manipulative, ignorant thug, but his genius supporters are ready to follow him to the gates of hell. The Founding Fathers’ great experiment is living on borrowed time.

Tim is just doing exactly what he should be doing, in my opinion, which is to stablilize the financial markets. Like it or not, he’s doing that.

The “heads on a stick” schtick……..That’s not Geithner. That’s admin’s PR.

I’m a bit toast on traditional journalism relying on “in-depth” journalism stories that couldn’t possibly undo the story after it’s out on a tabloid style.

That’s phony.

Turbo-Tax Tim totally trashes truth!

jgapinoy on May 13, 2009 at 11:24 AM

Tim Lies

Capitalism Dies.

This didn’t fit into the President’s narrative, so it wasn’t news until the story fades in peoples’ minds. Then it can be reported and it will blend into the narrative.

Obama’s reputation remains intact, WaPo get credit for reporting it. Win-Win.

Is it treason to speak against treason?

whiskeytango on May 13, 2009 at 10:49 AM

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No. But the traitors will call it that.

So why do you think WaPo “broke” the story now? Why even bother? What is their motive? Is it so they can point to being “honest” and “neutral” for historical sake? Nevermind that they were not timely!

PrincipledPilgrim on May 13, 2009 at 10:37 AM

One word—-bailout

That didn’t stop Crowley from grilling Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner in a House committee hearing nine days before the Obama administration feigned shock and outrage over bonuses they themselves had reluctantly blessed:

Where’s the shock and outrage at the Fannie and Freddy bonuses??? And how can government funded institutions like F&F be allowed to make ANY CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS????

The better question to ask is who pulls the strings. Certainly not the clown with the talking box.

What we DID learn about Obama wasn’t very pretty, either. He’s not only willing to boldly lie, but then, he will scapegoat the business shamelessly for his own popularity ratings.

He’s now set off a witchhunt of unprecedented proportion in our country.