Obama Blasts Banks Bonuses

[Oen713]

lol.... what a joke. Hey Obama, Go fuck yourself. Anyone who really knows anything knows youre a fraud.

[watballs2020]

"They should know better",But the truth is "they" will do what "they" want,and "they"will pay you off at the end of the day,just like Blair,You are a disgrace obama.

[614grind]

The President talks as if Wall Street thinks in terms of "we".

[maejena]

Can someone tell me what the name of this proposal is? I have a paper to write and can't find the info ANYWHERE! Thanks in advance!

[huefirm]

Haha, Obama's a joke. The tax is a drop in the bucket dollar wise and it doesn't change anything fundamentally.

[Silberdachs]

President Barack Obama has said Wall Street must repay $117bn to taxpayers and criticised banks for "massive profits and obscene bonuses".

The tax is to recoup money US taxpayers are expected to lose from bailing out the banks during the financial crisis.

"My commitment is to recover every single dime the American people are owed," the president said.

BBC World News

[STPdemon]

That's fine, but on the other side of his mouth, he is cutting all kinds of crooked side deals with the unions. Obama should go after the tax cheats in his administration and Democrat Congress before going after the so-called, 'fat cats.'

[Brophan1ty]

Oh yess we must pass this bill so fast its sso important that we let them have our money so they can do what ever they want with it!! OOOOOBAMAAAAA.

[Watcher3223]

Ugh, more grandstanding to show a gullible public that something is being done when it's more likely that the "blasting" may just be a jocular exchange between friends.

I don't believe for a minute that Obama is interested in doing anything to fix the economy. The Democrats said "no more Bush," but I'm seeing more of the same AGAIN!

[lifeseeker1]

Damn! Tim Githner looks so fuckable!

[911truthseekers]

Zionist Bankers need to be Weeded out of our Government! The Federal Reserve Needs to be Shut Down! Zionist CFR Bankers need to be taken out of our Media, Zionist profiteers of War that are in our Government need to be weeded out of our Government! The Zionist Lobbiest Groups need to be Barred from Government access and Influence! Wake Up America! Dont take the Shot!

[STPdemon]

You and Keith Olbermann are bad jokes.

Tax cheats like Charley Rangel and Timothy Giethner need to be weeded out of our Government. Crazies like Cass Sunstein need to go, too. Barney Frank

needs to go---and take 'Freddy & Fannie' with 'em...

[Coldworld26]

This country is doomed. We have a sham government, a sham economy, and a sham democracy., This cabal of bankers control our country. Americans are slaves to these **** banks, and most are blissfully ignorant to this fact. I can't believe what I'm witnessing these days. I always suspected things were bad, but I never realized it was as bad as this.

[Coldworld26]

The Federal Reserve should be abolished and most these major bank executives should be thrown in jail along with their stooges in the White House. They are all a bunch of crooks who have stolen trillions of taxpayer dollars. And now this stooge Barack Obama wants to "reform" the financial markets by giving the crooks at the Federal Reserve total control of our economy with no accountability to anyone in our government.

[stanleythughes]

Hitler use to bank speeches about bankers too.

[STPdemon]

It is arguable the Satlin and Mao were just as bad as Hitler.

[colin68nl]

so finally the monkey comes out of the sleave, after all his "hars talk" the people of AIG got their bonusses anyway with the complements of Obama!! I hope the world sees now that America traded one fool for another fool of a president!! these people will never learn..change we can believe in...was his slogan...pfffff he meant billions for me and my friends!! he is also not stopping wars the Americans have all over the world and we from Europe get the bill...thanks a fucking lot!!!

Fuck America

[ducatione]

Can anyone say scandal ?

[ducatione]

Wow, look at this. The so called "worlds most powerful man" can't even stop a hand out of bonuses to idiots. Never mind that you guys already own most of the bank. I find it funny how he has the power to go into other countries and kill inocent people at will but he cant stop a bonus handout. I call the American president one of the weakest men in the world controlled by a little St. called Wall St. Afraid of a lawsuit but not afraid of attacking other countries. Think about it!

[rivi8840]

This is a show by Obama, Pelosi, Frank and Dodd to publicaly save face. They knew the AIG deal well before Obama took office. The Dems have been in charge since 2006 and are playing games with the American taxpayer and homeowners in order to gain political power in order to enrich their friends. The AIG execs and the Dems are cutting back room deals and then the Dems publically display fake outrage when in fact they are more informed about AIG than anyone else. Down with AIG and the DEMS!

[Grandus11]

If they had just paid off the house loans and then charged the people 3% interest the banks would have gotten their money back. The people would have kept their homes and the government would have got the money back with interest. Instead we give the money to banks who care less about the people. This was just a democratic tactic to dish out money from the gov to the banks, Thanks Obama for just another lie.

[megadisco]

well if he really wanted to do something about it, he had a great shot at it when formulating the terms of the bailout. after letting this utterly shameful scheme continue, and in fact investing in it, hes saying he doesnt like it..

actions speak louder than words.

[tommygoflyons]

OH YEA, keep promoting class envy and people will not agree on anything, divide and conquer the masses, meanwhile the government is screwing us all.

[BAILOUTMONEY]

MONEY TO THE PEOPLE...... screw giving the bail out money to ANY Wall Street Co - Give the people the money, as they spend it it will fix economy, stop forclosures, get america out of debt, etc.

PLEASE join my protest to the Bail out and answer 1 question on camera: "How would you spend $297,000 dollars?" - That is the amount of BAIL OUT money given to the people....C'MON AMERICA, JOIN US IN TELLING THE GOV HOW WE COULD FIX THIS ECONOMY!....... The Fight Isnt Over YET!!

[WellSightedGentleman]

The NEW SOCIALIST DEMOCRACY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!!

you gotta be kidding, obama loves those guys, the may need to get some "responsability"

but without respect, they have nothing with or without their billions.

[TOTTYHAM45]

Finally the greedy fuckers in the banks joy ride is coming to an end , & lets hope that Obama does the right thing name & shame them .We all know there's been corruption in the banks for years & previous goverments have turned a blind eye to it . Would they have freely gambled & handed out bonuses if it was there own money ?????? Not bloody likely make the arseholes who fucked up either pay it back or do time ,

[punksoab]

arequipa1 I don't care if you "report" or "suspend" or "ban" me. Just to set the record straight, you are a know-nothing, fascist moron with no understanding of how a democratic-republic should function and much less do you comprehend the American political system. Aside from that, you are a racist who should be kicked back to England or Italy or Ireland or wherever your ass came from. I have wasted enough words on an imbecile like you. I have nothing more to say to you, good day sir.

[wellsfargoinjustice]

As a former Wells Fargo employee, I hope this administration examines the company's accounting practices and records very carefully.

[codecaine]

lol

[zemlechthad]

Make the names of the people who received these bonus available to the public.

Greedy bsatards.

[patsagainstrats]

I wonder if his campaign financiers at Fannie and Freddie are included in this blanket admonishment? What a hypocrite.

[AssHatSockPuppet]

Employees of Citibank, which received $45 billion in rescue funds in the federal bailout, have contributed the most to Barack Obamas inauguration fund.

And the bank is lobbying more money from the second $350 billion installment of federal bailout funds, according to The New York Times.

Citigroup employees also gave $586,000 to Obama during the 2008 election.

Other BAILED-OUT banks that HAVE CONTRIBUTED to the inauguration fund include Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase

CHANGE?

[rodrigod75]

Can you please provide references?

[dikosch]

CHANGE? Oh, YES! Is Obama celebrating them and making excuses for the bonusses? NO. He says "That is the height of irresponsibility". That guy is truly independant!

[beiyuan82]

AssHatSockPuppet, where are you standing and what are you standing for? So you are saying that your President should not have made this move? So, does one contribute to Obama's inauguration fund only when one receives more money?

[RonPaulGeorgeRingo]

It's about damn time an American president said that. It's a shame more people don't understand the difference between what is "legal" and what is "ethical". Thieves.

[chingon711]

yes we know that, mr obama. when you say that lending is "locked", i highly disagree because we've given them billions. we need to micro manage these bailouts, know exactly where each dollar is going!!!!

[bedebe]

chingon711 <<<< I couldn't agree more

[Danvefrmia]

You're the type of person who takes the right of free speech. If your offended by anyone because of what they say, just ignore them or make them look stupid. But why report them? That's very annoying.

[arequipa1]

yeah it's a pretty dick maneuver. i'm sure since he's so proud of having reported dozens of people before, that whenver the youtube people see his name popping up AGAIN as having reported someone, they just throw it in the trash. what a goon.

[arequipa1]

dogless: i will report you in two seconds if you continue to threaten me.

i take e-harassment by trolls like you seriously, so if you're willing to take the chance, go ahead. because i'll report you so fast you won't know what hit you. consider this your last warning.

[arequipa1]

LOL, moron.

[arequipa1]

what's illegal about taking bonuses??

this fucking president hates wealth and achievement

he's a filthy socialist

he belongs in france or something

no, he belongs back home in kenya

[xxLittlepayasoxx]

You're an idiot you dont understand anything about politics Look The US bailed them out and they continue to spend money like nothing its the tax payers that bailed them out if anything they should get their asses on track and run their companies with responsibility you idiot

[arequipa1]

wah, wah, wah! why are you taking it so personally? why don't you move out of this country since you hate america so much? wah, wah, wah! whiner!

[arequipa1]

besides, you don't know shit, you're just a jobless video gamer. stick to spells and harry potter, or whatever it is you do, kid.

[Olatunje]

People have lost their jobs and some have killed themselves. What they did was so wrong.

[arequipa1]

i don't agree with the way these businesses function in this economic climate. however, are CEOs responsible for idiots who are too cowardly to live so they take their own lives? NO. is blood on their hands? NO. and this is just another one of obama's attacks on people who are wealthy. he clearly hates for people to achieve financially. there is more evidence every day. it makes me nauseous. it's unamerican.

[doodyl9]

Nothings illegal, but if you really want massive unemployment, inflation and food shortages, I suggest you jump off a bridge immediately.

[standingstrange]

rich on welfare!