Rep. Alan Grayson Discusses Wall Street Pay with Joe Stiglitz and Nell Minow

[TheGatesOfFire]

Alan Grayson again, one of the few actually asking the important questions.

[1776bricks]

That's great. The people that ripped us off are still out there ripping us off and we're still paying them.

This guy reminds me of JFK.

[Zyworski]

Teh solution lies in stockholder rights. Entrenched corporate management is not properly beholden to the stockholders and looks after their own self interest rather than the investor. The ability to nominate board members needs to be predicated upon something other than being an existing board member. I could own 99.99% of the voting stock in some companies but be unable to nominate a board member and that isn't right. They aren't having the right conversation here!

[jjakex3]

Democrats, Republicans, Liberals, Conservatives... WE NEED PEOPLE OF INTEGRITY IN OUR GOVERNMENT. Period.

[rickbar123]

GRAYSON is da man

[dendryite]

What is "Lucien" doing in this discussion? He sounds like he should be in a Peter Seller's movie

[TheLiberalsSuck]

Grayson: What a jackass.....

[rickbar123]

@TheLiberalsSuck Your mother is a jackass. Grayson is a God. Go suck Becks dick

[magog1138]

Dve Chappelle once made a comedy skit about there being two forms of legal systems- One for the wealthy and one for the poor. Seems to me the same is true for Capitalism.

[DWDave67]

Alan Grayson for President!

[Meadras]

Why is it any of your business what they make? Whether or not they make too much - It's a free market, and you have no say in it. Unless you want a nice, Fascist system

[Meade556]

@Meadras Um no, it is everyone's business as it is not there business and it is people's money they are using to pay themselves with. These people would be less agregious if they were all Gordon Gecko as Gecko gambles his own money, these people do not. So when they fail, and have to be bailed out the Government should be able to say what these people are made, as it would be in any buyout done by the private sector. Rooseveltian Liberalism was nto fascism

[dogcow666]

lol ...his tie...what a goofball

[goog2k]

"Of the people, by the corporations, and for the corporations."

The new Supreme Court decision will allow a corporation to run false attack ads against anyone they wish. That means they can now EXTORT every politician in the U.S. to do whatever they want for profit.

If you think you're getting screwed by health insurance companies, Wall Street, and credit card companies now -- just wait. All consumer protection will be the first to go.

We haven't seen anything yet.

[AliensUFOsSpace]

G00GLE ...

"You entrust these problems to representatives, whose conscience of common well-being slowly fades away in front of corporatist interests".

"Your resilience will artificially decrease, independently of your own will. Such technologies exist that affect your body as well as your mind. Such plans are on their way".

[oneirishpoet]

I've said it before and will say it again...Alan Grayson is a TRUE American hero!

[beachnative420]

I think Grayson should be commended for his genuine interest in solving our interests in the USA as a whole and not caring who he offends. In my book he's a real patriot!

[MrClaydough]

@beachnative420

IM WITH YOU!

[beachnative420]

Why are we in Iraq? No WMD's and billions that just disappeared and Bush spent trillions, yes trillions. The democrats are no saints either, to stay competitive with conservatives they pandered to the financial sector, look what that got us, deeper in debt. Both parties are to blame and both need to come together for a solution not finger pointing

[MrClaydough]

@beachnative420

yo dog..i/m with ya pal..but bush started 'tarp n 'bank bailouts, as we had been in recessionf or 13 months.

ironically, if you look back, no mention' of coverered up recession by bush admin/and also no mention from 'dems.

yet, i do believe/know, we were weeks a way from 'bank collapse'.......saints? not hardly.

if we dont 'magically, clean house on "lobbyist Whores', were fucked.

'GRAYSON 3RD PARTY CANDIDATE!!

cmom...we need you.

'no tea baggers need apply!!!

[spatter188]

WASHINGTON — Citing the potential of a national GOP tsunami, election analysts from the Rothenberg Political Report predicted that freshman U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando, would have a much tougher time winning re-election than previously thought.

[nephozo]

educate your friends and neighbors in a friendly manner information is power and freedom. look these up

shadow government

zeitgeist and

fall of the republic

few hours of documented facts.

[MrClaydough]

GRAYSON....looking for a 3rd party...lets do it!!!!!!

no teabag birthers need apply! you'll have your own with palin.

a show of hands...

who thinks a corp...is an individual?

who thinks we should allow corps...to buy elections...ANY MORE THAN THEY ALREADY DO?

who's ready to fight back?

[bearone7777]

@MrClaydough GUESS WHAT YOU ARE A IDIOT

[MrClaydough]

@bearone7777

ah...and another beleagured unintellect hack 'teabager' spews NOTHING!

as usual,. from party of 'No n Homophobes'.

[bearone7777]

I guess I kinda of touched a raw nerve on ya. HUH? Guess your man here is the real bomb for you. Maybe he will make into another term NOT!!!

He is just like all the other scum progressives in the federal gov. today. Nothing but losers, and not worth listening to. By the way FRIEND right back at you with what you can do to yourself. I am not a loser like your man, and you. BOO-HOO!!!! POOR LOSERS!!!! CONSERVATIVES RULE. Bearone7777

[SickBoyZap5]

@bearone7777

What exactly do you rule? Only an idiot of such an unpopular Party would say that....Dumb fuck...

[MrClaydough]

@bearone7777

consevarives rule?

senate...score is 59 to 41 moron.

what? bush didnt destroy economy enough for ya?

maybe another 'tax break' for the rich?

boo hoo? more like 'whining from you pussies, and 'party of know'. 'quite sad.

'political system is broke asswipe. and thats 'all of it'....plenty blame to go around.

[MrClaydough]

@MrClaydough

conservatives...[lap top]

[finerbiner]

Define conservative. Bet you can't even do it!

[oneirishpoet]

yo bearass....how exactly do you function in the world while being such a mentally retarded moron? every Repiglicker like you I've ever seen/ heard demonstrates such an abnormally low IQ it's hard to imagine how you can even get out of bed in the morning without injuring yourself...why don't you go play in the retard pool with the rest of your mouth breathin', knuckle draggin/', Neanderthal friends (and PLEASE stop breeding, we have ENOUGH retards already & can't afford to euthanize you all!)

[ctonyp]

how is this nuts? It eeems like common sense. Grayson haters...how can you disagree with this?

[SensibleFella]

No question about it...mycongressmanisnutsdotcom­...

Soon to be ousted along with Marxist cohorts.

[WeedGreenPowerRanger]

Its good to see a congressman pitbulling these guys with a Lawyer's technique.

No good lawyer asks a question he doesn't know the answer to.

Grayson knows the answer to every question he asks, and does so to get those answers on the record.

[cmfluteguy]

Wall street and the banks are a threat to our national security. Obama needs to quit using the word "bipartisan" and start talking about how the super rich and the "supreme court" threaten our national security every day. They are organized domestic terrorists.

[juliact]

Strong language, but true!

[TheRickmurray]

@cmfluteguy Goldman Sachs were Obama's biggest private campaign contributor. They are all in the same boat. Obama will not help you, neither will the next new Republican pres.

[Phalinex]

The inept judgement of the republican party can only be compared to that of an animal. Now they want to give board members of AIG, pharmaceutical companies, oil companies, and foreign governments free access to spread lies and buy or attack government law makers. These morons think this is a fair way to represent Americans best interest. I had already determined that republicans are the most ignorant group of morons in the world and then they prove that they're more ignorant than I thought.

[bearone7777]

@Phalinex What kind of blithering idiot are you. The Republican party is not more to blame than the demo-carp party is to blame. Get your head out of your ass, and try and understand that.  Bearone7777

[MrClaydough]

@bearone7777

12 YEARS OF RETARD CONGRESS...DO NOTHING CONGRESS....accomplished nothing, but spending like drunken sailors....'while mr 'dunce cap dude, nevr4 vetoes spending bill! NOT ONE!

so go fuck urself...except hard to do when head is up there, heh?

[bohemianwriter1]

@bearone7777

What do you mean by that?

Are you trying to excuse the Bush man & his cronies again?

[BankofSpirit]

in the greater schemes of things bankers rob banks, in fact, the 1st bank robbery was an inside job. we never needed $ in the past nor did we want it until replications of nature were advertised as fashionable (fashion is fascism) & fiat life like shows/night-clubs, born many corps(e) which demanded $'s not barter to do biz. Truth about $, learn about "lil eye", the lil eye is lil "i". When you add i to dollars it spells "old liars", who run a FIAT show, abetted by fiat$ junkies/young bucks.

[Zeldovich]

You're a nutty faggot.

[EcrossH]

Why is Grayson the only public representative really standing up for America? Every other representative is either completely spineless (Democrats) or is completely bought out by corporations (Republicans).

[CiaranLuke]

@EcrossH Him and Sen. Bernie Sanders I'd say. Occasionally Fiengold, but not many.

[Ne0mega]

Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich

[TillThenPlease]

Thank you Mr. Grayson.

[BankofSpirit]

in the greater schemes of things bankers rob the banks and in fact, the first bank robbery was an inside job. people never needed $ in the past nor did they want it until replications of nature became fashionable (fashion is fascism) & fiat life like "shows" & night-clubs & the many corps(e) which demanded dollars not barter to do biz. Truth about $, just learn about "lil eye" but the lil eye is the lil "i". See, when you add i to dollars you'll see it spells "old liars", they run the FIAT show.

[Zeldovich]

Are you on medication?

[BankofSpirit]

oh u're a zionist post poker, sacrifice life to posts, it hates words. idiots like u r 10c/doz, all ape each others wit. do this often hook-nose? R u obsessed w/ spewing childish insults? attacking posts? What if a kid w/ cancer posts from their heart in a thread that a piece o'shit like u wanted to try 2b an ass in, makes ewe, u useless rat, not a whole ass but just a lil cowardly asshole, a post poking atheistic son of an ape. u should be on meds dipshit, try dioxin, i'll help your sore-e ass.

[Zeldovich]

You're a nutcase, obviously.

[BankofSpirit]

@Zeldovich no, you're an idiot that pokes posts, a useless thing, now bugger off atheist, u things are like gnats, suck time & life from everything, spew hate & idiocy w/ hope of strife or hurt. truly, you're useless, look at you, you poke posts, you get your useless ass handed to you in a sling w/ tact & still you're back for more. truly, you're an idiot. all threads that get soiled, always starts w/ idiotic remarks like yours, destructive/spiteful, pure ignorance/shit, adios amoeba.

[HAL9000unit]

Atheist is not an insult, lol.

Neither of you should be calling each other names though, that is childish.

[BankofSpirit]

notice how the idiot, votes its own post up with ghost accounts and thumbs down original wit/mu, it likes fiat and that which mimics or apes others, it despises creative forces, it is sad, all of you useless pieces of shit are soon to be no more eternally, you are material worshiping fools. Research "Shark Island Genocide", learn about the ROOTS of Zionists and atheists and as well, corporatism. Watch it, then tell me what you think. If you can not do that, bugger off, you are nil but peons.

[HAL9000unit]

I will not call you names nor will I insult your intelligence. I will however say that your comments are incoherent and make little sense.

If you want to say something try to say it without insulting others and rambling.

[BankofSpirit]

hey asshole, you a post poker too? I simply made a statement that a peon troll did not like. I mentioned, good people post heart felt messages while atheistic peons attack words/messages for no other reason then to be assholes, much like you. I'm sure you spew hatred/lies and idiocy to abet corps(e) all the time. It is sad, assholes like you, you get back what you spew, then you whine, idiots. Poke a dog till it barks, then call it vicious? You defend peons who do nil but spew insults, ura fool.

[HAL9000unit]

Well if one thing is obvious from this conversation it is that atheists attack arguments whereas people like you only attack the individual.

I only said that you are rambling and not making much sense.

If you want your points of view to be shown then learn how to structure your thoughts more efficiently.

I have never said anything to you 'just to be an asshole"

The only things I have said was to not attack individuals and not to insult people. If that makes me an asshole then I guess I am.

[BankofSpirit]

1st bank robbery in US happened Aug/31 or early morn Sept/1/1798 at the Bank of Pennsylvania/Carpenters' Hall. Vaults were apparently robbed of $162,821, about $1.8 million in 2006 $. Because no forced entry evidence existed, authorities assumed it was an "inside" job. This is what the idiot you defend HAL, thinks is not real, you post poking fools are idiots, prove it constantly. That post is what drew their fangs upon me, I guess, the idiot was right to attack me, huh HAL in a lil bus + helmet

[BankofSpirit]

unfortunately, assholes have asshole friends who enjoy acting like assholes online w/ numerous accounts, "they sacrifice time/life" to make strife, bringing soil to threads/posts. I posted truth initially about banks which the idiot needed to poke at & insult me, I did not start this. I gave back what they gave, they cry, idiots like you run to defend 'em. You prove you;re an idiot by your own action, "sloth", you tried to play hotshot, you're an idiot, a Zionist who doesn't likely know it yet!

[Zeldovich]

I'll take that under consideration, faggot!

[HAL9000unit]

Why did you reply to me? I never said anything to you.

[Zeldovich]

You referred to me and I'll say what I want anyway.

[HAL9000unit]

When did I refer to you? When i was informing BankofSpirit that his sentence structure was atrocious?

[BankofSpirit]

@HAL9000unit who the hell are you twinkle toes, martha stewart with a hooked (nose) on phonics agenda. Get real asshole, if you can not read how/what I right/write YOU have no soul/spirit & are completely in the grasp of Corporate correctness & you are likened to being, death on two legs who will attack words & sentence structure like a peon, what a goof and what a flake you are. You're an ego gone wild and likely, a fiat-$ junkie, dancing w/ the stars fan to boot. ta ta fancy fiat boy.

[BankofSpirit]

@HAL9000unit likely because you poke posts fool, a zionist asshole who promotes strife + attacks truth, you defend zeldobitch, look at its behavior since, its a monkey gone wild. Another thing, my sentence stricture isn't owned by "corporate" dip-shit which assholes in ties use, corps(e) language is void of spirit/life, fools promote CORPS(e), they can't see/hear truth in word, worship death/Corps(e), those like u attack creativity, promote CORPS(e) things as you're destructive, no spirit/dead.

[HAL9000unit]

Using correct sentence structure will make people understand what you have to say better. It will also make them think you are not an idiot.

It also makes you look dumb when you call atheists 'Zionists' and say random words in all capital letters. I don't care if a certain religion gets land their book says, their books are false.

It is obvious you are a troll so I am not even going to respond anymore.

[BankofSpirit]

@HAL9000unit your an idiot, I've no desire to communicate w/ idiots, truth, you attack creativity, you are useless to life, life is about becoming not about conforming to corporate rules that abet death, diminish spirit. Go to a Britney vid & pretend to be hip/knowing, you're an idiot, I am alive & growing while you are a consumer conforming, consumed with hate towards anything that does not conform to idiocy you worship. You show yourself for what you are, a loser, a whiny corporate peon bitch.

[BankofSpirit]

@HAL9000unit Im the troll? I told you fool, I posted truth, your lover, Zeldobitch, was offended by truth and had to insult me, I gave them back what they tried to do and they were riled and you came along as the night in shiny material worshiping armor on you while gorilla to rescue the poor little monkey. Did you watch "Shark Island Genocide", google it, shows the beginnings of atheism, corporatism, Zionism and more, all rolled into one, your forefathers chopping heads of people, watch it!

[Phalinex]

Does anyone know the current price for a senate republican?

[jamesm51480]

We also need to hold the phony Reps. and Senators accountable. They dont realize they work for the people. It is a priviledge, not a right to hold office. Im gald Grayson calls these people out for their greedy decisions.

[voyeurdug]

Bonus compensation in the form of a special class of stock that can't be either diluted or transacted except in the long term, coupled with a more favorable tax treatment of long term capital gains as applied to that class of stock would do wonders for the way Wall Street does business.

[talllikelurchis]

This is a joke ..........the same people like Barney Frank A.K.A. "Porky Pig" that help cause this problem are appointed to fix it? Why not just let murders investigate themselves!

[jo05dk]

Now that Obama SEEMS to be going in a smarter direction, it's great to see that the Senate is working on this.

To me, an outsider, it's so bloody logical that you need to regulate this area. To be honest i would have hoped that the rest of the world would have had the balls to cut the US off, until it was fixed. But nooo.. People don't doubt the most fucked of the socalled civilized countries.

Keep it up Grayson. You're an inspiration for everyone around the globe.

[1958louief]

Why do we HAVE to put up with Washingtons B.S.....

There has, are I hope the next Gen. STANDS UP and say's Enough is Enough..

And VOTES OUT THE ONES IN OFFICE WHO ARE LETTING THESE THINGS HAPPEN!!!

Instead of Keep voteing for " THE GOOD OLE BOY'S" who have spent toooo much time letting OUR COUNTRY be ran by

" Big Business & Lobbiest"

[bamboo4tameshigiri]

@1958louief

Nothing short of another revolution, maybe even a civil war, will set this country straight.

[1958louief]

It will more than likely happen.. May not in my life time. but, someday the masses will wake up and, see that WE ARE THE PEOPLE!!!

WE CAN UNDO, WHAT FOR THE PAST 100YEARS. IS LET WASHINGTON'S " GOOD OLE BOY'S" RUN OUR COUNTRY IN TO THE GROUND..

[TheMindlessConsumer]

Right, too bad its about 30 years too late.

This coup d'etat has been in the works since the early 70's, everything is going according to plan so far.

[ziger123456]

Stiglitz needs to be the next fed chairman - oust bernanke! Grayson for pres - finally someone who will make the tough decisions!

[CousinoMacul]

@ziger123456 I think Stiglitz would be an ideal choice for Fed chairman, unfortunately, he'd never get past the filibuster. :-(

[WhatsAfterThisPlace]

This government is broken already, there are very few politicians that are not corrupt, like Ron Paul and Alan Grayson, and a few other's, but who knows even these guys might be corrupt and there is no such thing anymore as a legit politician fighting for the people that voted them in.

[cosmosgato]

The government isn't broken it just reflexs the populace.

We are so stupid.

Race religion sex and sexuality is all we care about. And yes of course "We're number one!" slogan shouting patriotism

[silvercoin1111]

Mr. Grayson, why is it that only YOU ask the right questions!?

[d3v07]

Grayson is an inspiration right now. We need more democrats speaking out like this. Chicken shits won't ever get anything done at this rate...

[speciesamused]

Thank you Senator Grayson.

I love to see these professors. Why are they not involved in the process of trying to fix the U.S.economy? I would address this question to President Obama.

An american citizen concerned about this countries future. Thank you.

[jblack1854]

Congressman Grayson...not a Senator ...yet!!

[speciesamused]

Whoops. My bad.

He should be President.

[desurgeon]

Get them Grayson!