Countdown: Special Comment on the Bank Bailouts and Corporate Greed-Enough!

Keith's Special Comment March 19, 2009.

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[swaggajee]

"when is olbermann going to realize government is the problem?"

And when is a damn fool like yourself going to realize that it was the LACK OF GOVERNMENT that got us into this mess in the FIRST PLACE!!!

It's not the government, dumbass. It's GREED!!! You think Geithner is the problem? Noooo, he's been sucking up to the CEO's so he can get a MAJOR PAYDAY when he's done playing the government role.

So it's not government. It's GREED that has been the problem of the economy.

[jgoedereis]

That was a thing of beauty.

[starmanskye]

@TheBardsofBalance -- What you mean is Privatized Profits paid by Publicized Debt... What a fuckin racket, Casino Capitalsim aka Vampire Capitalism, the inevitable result of Fascism. If the FED were nationalized and run as a non-profit publicly-owned utility, the minor fee of modest interest loans to ordinary people as well as businesses w/ reduced overhead costs could replace income taxes. Corporations are anathema to Democracy! Usury is poison! Diversify business ownership & public resources!

[TheBardsofBalance]

What we have is corporate socialism.

[TheBardsofBalance]

What we have is corporate socialism.

[xgenra]

we should bring back crucifixion.

and crucify one CEO or bernie madoff, etc every week on the halftime of the monday night football show.

[oldhank2003]

ok enuff. the entire whitey society is a giant ponzi scheme. Why send madoff to prison, when he was only doing what all financial/insurance/taxing systems are doing. No matter what the economies condition, the sun always rises each day and the world keeps on turning. Im sure that in a communist country you didnt hafta worry about being mugged/ carjacked by a crackhead.

[Dontgupt208]

Gee, who's president? Poor Keith can't cry out Bush's name. Keep on dancing Keith.

[combatoverridebutton]

Dear Olbermann,

While GE, the parent-company of your network, was negotiating a $126 billion taxpayer-funded bailout, you signed a new contract raising your salary from $4 million to $7.5 million annually. You have used your show as a platform calling for the resignation of corp executives accepting excessive bonuses on the backs of taxpayers who are picking up the tab for these atrocious bailouts, yet you yourself have no problem in the same class economic rape that you accuse them of.

[trythinkingforonce]

The bankers and wealthy in this country are calling everyone else losers? You can't bullshit me into believing that nonsense. You really expect us all to believe the wealthiest in this country earned every cent that they make? Most of them inherited their fortunes, probably never even had to write out a resume after college, because they already had a job given to them.

They are nothing but grown up rich kids who snort coke and play golf.

[Poole1Dan]

rediculous

[swaggajee]

Sorry, I should have said Conservative trick.

Dude, wake up!! All the CEO needs is the board on his side which he has control with who gets put on the board.

Also, quit making excuses for "the few". The top 5% makes more than the entire bottom 50%. So yeah, they do run things and should be regulated.