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peaceandlove · 08-18-2009, 08:11 PM

Texas Straight Talk ~ A Weekly Column

Congressman Ron Paul
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August 17, 2009: "The Free Market as Regulator"

Since the bailouts last fall, lawmakers have been behaving as quasi-owners of the bailed-out banks and businesses, leading to calls for increased regulation of executive compensation and other wasteful expenditures. We have heard much about bonuses and executive pay packages that sound more like lottery winnings than an honest salary. Many lawmakers voted in favor of these unconstitutional bailouts, believing that these corporations were too big to fail, and allowing them to go under would precipitate widespread economic disaster. This second wave of citizen outrage at the bailouts has left these lawmakers with a bit of egg on their …

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08-18-2009, 08:11 PM	#68
peaceandlove Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Turtle Island Posts: 2,776	Re: Ron Paul 10/20/2008 "New Era of Slavery" Texas Straight Talk ~ A Weekly Column Congressman Ron Paul New Every Monday at http://www.house.gov/paul or phone 1-888-322-1414 for recorded message. NOW available in audio at: http://www.house.gov/paul August 17, 2009: "The Free Market as Regulator" Since the bailouts last fall, lawmakers have been behaving as quasi-owners of the bailed-out banks and businesses, leading to calls for increased regulation of executive compensation and other wasteful expenditures. We have heard much about bonuses and executive pay packages that sound more like lottery winnings than an honest salary. Many lawmakers voted in favor of these unconstitutional bailouts, believing that these corporations were too big to fail, and allowing them to go under would precipitate widespread economic disaster. This second wave of citizen outrage at the bailouts has left these lawmakers with a bit of egg on their … Continues: http://www.house.gov/htbin/blog_inc?...ngdetail.shtml Last edited by peaceandlove; 09-01-2009 at 03:25 AM.