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Your subject here | 0
Your message here. Tell Wall Street how you feel. Paul Neumann Rochester, NY 14617
Environment | 0
It is past time for financial institutions to support sustainable industries that do not pollute and that employ individuals here in this country and that give these employees livable wages with benefite. The difference between the highest paid and the lowest paid should not exceed a factor of ten. Theresa Lianzi Hollywood, FL 33019
Unemployment | 0
I'm a 64 year old registered nurse with 35 years of good, solid, varied experience. I have a college degree and three national certifications, excellent performance reviews. I'm part of a group of experienced (read: top of the pay scale) nurses like me who were forced out of our jobs in a major healthcare system in 2007. I have made over 60 applications in the last 4 years, and have gotten 1 interview--no job. Our pension plan went from defined benefit to defined contribution a few years ago. I've chosen not to draw it until absolutely necessary. I'm living on Social Security at present which as I'm drawing early reduces the monthly benefit. It doesn't augur well for the quality of healthcare to select against the most experienced providers. When you or your family need healthcare, do YOU want the lowest common denominator? As in most things, you get what you pay for. Relative poverty is not the right outcome for 35 years of mentally, physically and emotionally demanding work, and it discourages capable people from entering the field. Ruth 97220
hoodwinked | 0
I love how we bailed out the banks, lent them money at no interest, so that they could hire an army of lobbyists to fight against the public interest. You've got Republican senators in your pocket FIGHTING the formation of the Consumer Protection Agency, and we're paying you to do it! My own idiotic senator (Toomey) is fighting against my interest. Americans are stupid & I'm one of them. Antonia Shanahan Ardmore, PA 19003
Our Democracy | 0
You have destroyed our Democracy. All you can talk about is Capitalism. What good is that if you no longer have the Democracy our country was founded on. The comments the super rich and the political right have made has demonstrated the arrogance & dislike of the majority of the people in the U.S. I would urge you to do the right thing but that phrase has absolutely no meaning for you. You have demonstrated no shame, no compassion, no honor and no humility. What happens to our country once you have destroyed the people. Who will buy the products, who will police, teach, clean up your garbage, pave your streets, do your clerical, drive the trains, buses & planes. What will be left just you and your riches & no one left to scorn. Shame on you for your extreme selfishness and utter greed. Your conscience, if you have any left, has been mutilated. If you have any conscience left, you would know the true meaning of these protests & not insult them. Floss Shahbegian Whitestone, NY 11357-3730
Unemployed and Homeless | 0
Thanks for killing my families business. Because of "Chronic Air Pollution" in our city, it causes severe nerve pain and brutal "Suicide Headaches". I can't hold a job down because "Carbon Monoxide Poisoning" makes me miss a lot of work. My father's business was the only place that I could work and take time off without losing my job when I am sick. I was relying on this job to save money so I wouldn't have to go on "Disability" and could move away from the dirty air quality. In addition, my savings would have helped me, at 45 yrs old, buy my first home. My "American Dream" is not going to happen in this lifetime thanks to you "A-Holes". I'm now forced to file for disability after being jobless and homeless for 3 yrs only to add more burden to the tax payer's. Thanks so very F***ing much for putting me and my family out in the street and forcing me to live with severe pain and suffering. Without income I don't have health insurance for pain medication and can't improve my medical issue. I'm miserable, and the only way to stop the pain is by death. I hope you people are enjoying the atrocities you've created. TA Adams Fontana, CA 92336
GREED | 0
The America I love and remember was filled with citizens who reached out to help rebuild the houses of their neighbors when a fire, tornado, flood or any disaster befell them. Because of climate change, much of it helped along by corporate GREED and another type of disaster helped by realtors who sold homes to people who weren't fully informed and in many cases, the realtor suggested a way to answer questions that skirted the truth, thus allowing the purchase to be made. It also allowed MONEY to be made by the realtor. Next came the banks, AKA lenders who, with more ways to skirt the truth, made the money available to people who were not encouraged to look ahead to REALITY. Then, a few years later when our job situation exploded and un/underemployed people began to lose their homes, American lenders bundled up all these bad loans and sold them to Europe, thus spreading this toxic waste to the world. We are in the midst of GREEDLOCK..a period when the 1% care nothing of the needs of their neighbors, a period when the 1% care only of making MORE for themselves, a period when no longer does the economy work for the people, the people work for the economy...GREEDLOCK !! The return of ETHICS is an absolute necessity...return it NOW !! Lydia Morales Cupertino, CA 95014
Greed | 0
Unbridled greed caused many of my friends to lose their homes and now their jobs. While Corporations act as people and suck the wealth from the 99% of our population the 99% suffer. I see so many who are hungry, homeless and suffering. Toni Dwyer Irvine, CA 92612
Greed | 0
My only question :How much money do you need? Margaret Wessels Aptos, CA 95003
Free Ride? | 0
Most of you are riding on the backs of the poor and working class poor, we who used to the be middle class. You've made yourselves rules that don't apply to any but the richest and yet you somehow expect the poorest to cater to those same rules. Can you say taxes? Out of control interest rates and fees upon fees upon fees. When will it stop? It doesn't take a genius to see that unless this stops, there will be only two classes of people in this country. Sounds extreme to you? When was the last time YOU had to chose between buying medicine so you could go to work and function or paying the rent at the office where you housed your small business? Michelle Palladine Palm Springs, CA 92262
Simplify your life | 0
Have courage now and go forward into the future working to release the bondage that your lifestyle has become to yourself, your family and the world. We are all in this together. This planet is finite. Love yourself and your children by learning to live a sustainable lifestyle that does not forever assault the life or the life support systems of our shared home. Have courage. We need you to have courage as you choose a more noble path of servitude. May peace be with you. Jerome Ball Ashland, OR 97520
Greed | 0
In case you haven't noticed your insatiable greed is ruining our country! That's right, it's as much my country as it is yours and we will prevail. There is nothing special about you and your thirst for more, more, more. In the end your greed will be your undoing. If you refuse to share we will take you down! Your message here. Tell Wall Street how you feel. Charles Carter Eureka Spriings, AR 72632
EAT SHIT AND DIE! EAT SHIT AND DIE! | 0
I'M GOING TO DESTROY YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM!!!! I'M GOING TO DESTROY YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM!!!! I'M GOING TO DESTROY YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM!!!! I'M GOING TO DESTROY YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM!!!! I'M GOING TO DESTROY YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM!!!! Austin Guest 11238
Pay Your Fair Share | 0
This is a Democracy and the majority demands that all must pay their fair share and no one is exempt, especially the rich and corporations that think their people. Loop holes for the rich and corporations must be closed and fair taxation must be implemented across the board. Gregory Clifton Moline, IL 61265
The Time Has Come | 0
The time has come when you upper class rich folks will hear from the rest of us middle and working class citizens. You're time for self-indulging is near its end. You greedy slobs who only care about your wallets are about to be toppled from your high-and-mighty stance and will soon see what equality looks like: this vision does not include your being able to make outrageous profits at the expense and suffering of the rest of us. It's coming, so get ready! Claude Spiro Somerville, MA 02143
Corporations OUT of politics | 0
It has become obvious that although - in a fit of ethical vacancy - The Supreme Court has declared that corporations are people, they have proven to be people without any moral or ethical conscious. It has also become obvious that although We The People have elected our choice to manage this country, most of our congressmen and women also suffer from the same lack of morals and a ponderousness of greed. It is amazing to me how the actions of banking and mortgage companies have nearly broken the worlds finances, and those who would otherwise support the real estate market have been rendered BROKEN by these same companies actions. In other words, the greed of banks has been their own demise. The interests of large corporations ARE NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THIS COUNTRY - OR EVEN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE WORLD. For the good of people everywhere and EVEN FOR THE GOOD OF YOURSELVES, GET OUT OF POLITICS. You're screwing up EVERYTHING. James Strauss San Francisco, CA 94122
Letters to Consider | 1
IIt's amazing what one reads in the news and on the computer, hears on the radio and watches and listens to TV. Leading media reports regularly includes the jobless, the under-employed and those whose efforts to find jobs are without results and stop looking. The media also reports on home foreclosures. Pictures are shown of household furniture and numerous other household items removed to the curb. An infant is pictured near a crib. These tragic stories and photos never seem to end or improve the conditions of families that want to work. Lets not forget the increasing need to support food kitchens as lines get longer and longer and the fact that the middle calss is shrinking and more people join the lines of the hungry and homeless. Try lining up for a meal. Experience Get the feeling. The government bailout and the help derived from other peoples pension funds and savings has helped bankers who a few months ago were complaining that they are the victims. How ironic considering reports that bankers are sitting on $2 trillion while refusing to make loans that will help improve the economy. Evidently there is no cause for guilt or compassion all while some among you received reported bonuses of $1 million or more dollars. There were no milliopn dollar bonuses given to those in the food lines. In the meantime your army of lobbyist are forever roaming our national and state capitols seeking further favors. Is it any wonder that people are taking to the streets here and abroad? There is more but I will spare you with this last comment. Many retirees, especially widows, are finding it more and more difficult to survive in our current economy. Retirees have greater than average health care and prescription drug costs than younger healthier people. Aside from Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, i have yet to hear anyone on Wall Street express solutions to their concerns. The silence indicates support for the privatization of the Social Security, and I add, the Medicare programs. How much is enough for your pocketbooks? Instead consider the following: When everbody does well, everybody does well. These issues mentioned you certainly know about but apparently choose to ignore. That is not what my parents taught me America was all about. Ken 20853-2945
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Bob Craft Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
It's time to pay up | 0
Corporate welfare has gone on long enough...Too long. It's time the wealth of this nation was distributed more equitably. The earths resources belong to everyone, not just you few. Jared Mabie Palm Springs,, CA 92264
Your subject here | 0
“People in the Middle East like people everywhere are seeking a chance to contribute and to have a role in the decisions that will shape their lives. Leaders need to respond to these aspirations and to help build that better future for ALL. They need to view civil society as their partner, not as a threat.” -Hillary Clinton. And I add “like people everywhere” includes the USA, don’t you think? Ina Martinez Glendora, CA 91740-5306
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION SHOULD BE BASED ON YOUR COMPANY'S EARNED PROFITS. IF YOU MAKE A LOT, THEN IT'S OK TO PAY A LOT. BUT IF YOU LOSE MONEY, YOUR EXECUTIVES' SALARIES AND BONUS SHOULD REFLECT THEIR POOR PERFORMANCE. The amount of money you allocate for executive compensations is undeservedly excessive. It does not reflect your executives' conribution towards your company's growth or even its profitability. All it does is reflect greed. AS A STOCKHOLDER, I WILL VOTE AGAINST EXCESSIVE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION -- AND WILL INTRODUCE REASONABLE CRITERIA FOR IMPOSING SUCH LIMITS AT YOUR NEXT ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. Robert 11791
Don't you have any feelings about anyone but yourself? | 0
I am constantly amazed at the selfish attitudes all of you have towards the human beings that are part of this country we live in. You have many homes, many cars, yachts, designer goods, jewelry, furs, etc. We are lucky if we have one home and can pay our bills each month. I promise you, your lifestyle will come back and bite you in the butt one day as we all rise up and get you back. Joanne Feinberg 10536
banks should be boring | 0
Dear Rich CEO's~ It's never a good idea to let the fox guard the hen house, which you have so aptly proven. When we can no longer invest for our futures in bank stock or other reputable backbones of our economy, we cannot save appropriately for college for our kids or our own retirement. My savings for both was nearly devastated. My husband and I have lived modestly and saved money by NOT going on fancy vacations, driving cars 20+ years old, paying off our mortgage, and now, people who have always lived beyond their means, like you, have to be "bailed out". It's enough to make me very, very sick. Ralph Nader has been right all along...corporations run this country. Our "representative democracy" is just a smoke-screen to keep us from rioting. Politicians have teamed up with Wall Street to deregulate their banking and investment practices and run this county's economy into the ground due to their own collusion and outrageous personal greed. Where are the jobs for my kids with college diplomas? Where is the money for universal health care? Why are there so many homeless people, now more women and children than ever? I want a government that balances it budget, controls greedy corporations, and takes care of its people. STEPHANIE 97203
construction | 1
The upper 1% of the people in this country, who wrecked the economy, have put so many of my coworkers out of work and forced many into foreclosure on their homes. Now they want us to continue to give the wealthy tax breaks. If 2/3 of the economy is driven consumer spending as I we are told. Wouldn't it make sense that since consumers who are out of work and or in dept, have no money to spend? We need help!
Robert Talmage
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the environment | 0
We are tired of you exploiting the planet and disregarding the future for all people, even you own children's future well being. Please take the lead to be caretakers of planet earth and invest in clean energy and stop destroying mountaintops and fracking and allowing oil to enter our clean water. Once it is too late ther is no retrieving the environment. The lack of ethics in corporate American is undermining our rare and unique democracy. You are taking advantage of the system, meant for all people. It is not just grab as much s you can now and live comfortbley a life of ease. No, we are all in this together and there is no turning back. Skeeter tower Harriet Tower Dunkirk, NY 14048
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