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SEIU Organizing Protest In Front Of Goldman's D.C. Office At Noon
The Service Employees International Union must not have gotten the revised scriptures. Which is the presumably why the SEIU is organizing a protest at noon in front of the Washington D.C. cephalopod cathedral: "Enough is enough. Join hundreds of taxpayers on
November 16th, when we demand that Goldman Sachs give its $23 billion
in bonuses to foreclosure prevention programs and press Congress to
implement rules that would protect Americans from big bank greed."
The full press release from the SEIU's website:
- WHAT: High Noon at Goldman Sachs. Taxpayers demand that Goldman stop using our money to pay their bonuses and lobby against us.
- WHO: Hundreds of workers, religious leaders, and taxpayers from around the country.
- WHERE: 12:00pm at Goldman Sachs DC office, 101 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001.
More on the event from Politico:
Goldman is one of the few large financial firms that early on chose
not to lobby against the left’s favorite part of the financial reform
package — the creation of a consumer financial protection agency. And
most if not all of the major Wall Street players say they agree no
firms should be too big to fail and support at least the principle
behind Democrats’ proposals to end the "too big to fail" era.
But Goldman and other Wall Street firms are very opposed to a new idea
gaining traction on the “to big” front — legislation that would empower
the federal government to preemptively break up big, complex or
interconnected firms even if they’re healthy. Goldman is a member of a
coalition, Partnership of New York City, that will meet with the New
York congressional delegation next week to urge their resistance to
such measures.
The area in front of the firm's New York headquarters is so far "populist-anger" free, if not "armed-guards" free. The Main-Wall Street schism is getting more acute by the day.
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I'll make some calls, expect some Outlawz to show...
Awesome. One group specializing in robbing taxpayers protesting another group specializing in robbing taxpayers.
Couldn't have said it any better.
Stay away from this protest. Could be fun to watch on TV though. Of course I doubt that the SEIU types will get nearly the brutality from police that a bunch of geriatric white retirees worried about their pensions and healthcare would get.
"Vampires, pretending to be human, pretending to be vampires; how avant gaurde"
Yes - look for signs saying "Stop sucking blood from our host - find your own!"
I stopped reading MISH Shedlock because of his constant idiotic anti-union bashing, and now I find it very funny that the UNIONS which many of my conservative friends (myself also being a conservative...strange..), anyway, how many of my conservative friends blame the UNIONS for this country going down the toilet, and the UNIONS are the ONLY ONES WITH BALLS to STAND UP to the great vampire squid...
Biff
IAFF
This is just faux class warfare. Andy Stern and the folks at Goldman are part of the same class--the governing class. For example, to all intents and purposes, Andy Stern owns the State of California and dictates most issues of political importance there. More than any one other person, he is responsible for the mess CA is in and has become immensely powerful creating that mess.
So this strikes me more as a set-piece (instead of someone "standing up" to Goldman) geared toward making sure the non-governing class remains segmented and divided along traditional worker vs capitalist lines. Heaven forbid they figure out that the bad guys here may put on different hats (union leader hat, investment banking hat, president hat etc) but that they are part of a single group that specializes in taking money from the productive portion of society, putting it in their pockets, and helping other members of the governing class do the same.
I would be pleased if this were evidence of the governing class starting to turn on itself. But that is, in my opinion, still some time off.
ding ding ding! Two gov't teet-suckers jostling for position (both stepping all over the taxpayer)
That's OK, Just slip one of Arnolds I.O.U.'S in your 1040.
True dat - the White House visitor list has Andy at #1 in getting Obowma's ear. It's all kabuki.
Labor might nominally take a stand against GS, et al, but don't forget that both parties would benefit should the US continue down the path of oligarchy.
Oh biff. This is all staged. Obama is SEIU's little bitch. Obama gives GS money and SEIU protests it. Just like with the AIG bonuses. Obama allowed the bonuses and then he and SEIU complained about them.
Someone want to get a camera out there and take some pictures?
Fuck! Zero lead time. I want to put on my TechnoViking outfit and be in attendance but....
A little advanced notice would be nice.
THIS JUST IN!
The US Government is organizing a protest at noon in front of the Washington D.C. cephalopod cathedral: "Enough is enough. Join hundreds of government employees on November 16th, when we demand that Goldman Sachs give its $23 billion in bonuses to pay off the deficit and press Congress to implement rules that would protect US government employees and politicians from big bank greed."
The full press release from the US GOVT WEBSITE
Yeah that sounds good; gov't, bankers, and taxpayers, all in the same place. Yeah, let's have a sit down, a chit chat; we got some things to discuss...
Protests are a waste of time. When I worked at the White House, we had a protest here and there that encircled the entire WH grounds, including the Treasury Building and the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. How effective was it? It was business as usual for us, SSDD.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!
That's a good one!!
Thanx 4 the laugh ZH.
Master trust data shows yet another massive ROI to public investors in TARP: 300 bps in a month is pretty good; who says there is no inflation
• BAC Portfolio yield 24.54% vs 21.89% in September and 23.29% in August; ex-recoveries 24.08% vs 21.52% in September and 22.94% in August
SEIU chief is violating the law regarding registering as a lobbyist:
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/16/ha-exclusive-atr-awf-demand-probe-...
SEIU engages in voting fraud:
http://biggovernment.com/2009/11/15/union-and-whistleblower-complaint-do...
Good news: return to taxpayers for investment by TARP will be $1T
Bad news: loaf of bread to cost $2T
Military disability delayed but guarantees to TBTF'S continue..wake up people
Week of 11.13.09
Elizabeth Warren on the Economy
What exactly is going on with the economy? Stocks are up and big bonuses are back, but while they're throwing parties on Wall Street, there's pain on Main Street. One out of every six workers is unemployed or underemployed, according to government statistics - the highest figure since the Great Depression.
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/546/
What a joke. SEIU owns Obama and Obama gives GS billions. If SEIU cared so much about this wouldn't they just have Andy Stern tell Obama not to give GS money when he meets with the President every week at the White House?
The truth is this is just window dressing to manipulate and lie to the public. First they give the money to GS then they protest it. Sounds like a Saul Alinsky playbook move.
There are a lot of things needed to fix this country, one of the top things though is to get rid of all these unions that are in bed with the government. If corporations can not form a monopoly then neither should labor.
HAHAHA!!! If they were really serious they would be protesting in New York and not D.C. What a joke! If each of the protestors bought gold and silver they wouldn't be protesting, they would be celebrating like me!! WHEEE!!!! It will be fun to watch though. Note to self: get some popcorn.
Holy squid !
SEIU: Gibs me dat
Not clear here how "giving" this money to "foreclosure prevention" is going to help a problem caused by not earning enough to freaking afford what you borrowed to buy
Right. Who is going to protect us from union greed,though?
Mr. Shark, meet Mr. Remora.
Which one is which? Hard to tell from here.
Right. Who is going to protect us from union greed,though?
Politico: "And most if not all of the major Wall Street players say they agree no firms should be too big to fail and support at least the principle behind Democrats’ proposals to end the "too big to fail" era."
Except for the part about ending it.
I'm no fan of big unions, but at least someone is organizing a protest like this. Someone who can't be dismissed as just a bunch of hicks and cranks like the Teabaggers.
"I'm no fan of big unions, but at least someone is organizing a protest like this. Someone who can't be dismissed as just a bunch of hicks and cranks like the Teabaggers."
Would that make the SEIU the Salad Tossers?
hicks and cranks versus thugs and gangsters...decisions, decisions...
Take heed, Obamas organizers oops I mean SEIU the new policy makers are voicing their concern. someones not going by the playbook
Interesting.
One species of Vampire Squid (governemnt employee unions) protesting the activities of another (Goldman Sachs).
That the "protest" is taking place in Washington rather than NY says it all.
We knew it would come to this - there's so little left in the "real" economy that the scavengers are now fighting over the scraps that remain.
How Droll.
How Randian...
Are they bringing the giant inflated rat? I LOVE the giant inflated rat!
You mean Larry Summers? No, he is busy defending GS. Also, he prefers the term 'Big Boned' to 'giant' or 'inflated'.
did seui rough up the tea party goes to get better position in front of GS HQ?
Pigs fighting at the trough.
I feel the same way I do when the Jets play the Giants: is there some way they could both lose?
Yea Biff!
I stopped reading Mish Shedlock also, for the very same reason you did - his constant union bashing.
Unions get money in the hands of the people not big banks where it does no good when banks just sit on it.
The country would sure be better off if union membership was 33% instead of 13%, like in the 1950's.
Theory: good
reality: different
Unions were great when they forced disgorgement of company profits to workers instead of what they are now, part of the interlocking executive directorate. Same private schools, same golf clubs, same political/class circle.
What we NEED is the ownership of companies, namely the pensions and mooch funds to start FORCING payment of dividends and we need more aggressive capgains taxes and relaxed divvy taxes to support this. No more profits to stock buybacks to support the freakin execs' options strikes and no more megabonuses for share price PONZIS. I mean, every fkin company is Worldcom now. Mgmt just games the sheets for as many quarters as they can then the share price collapses and they still get paid plus keep ALL the bonuses they got and oh sh!t they managed to bail on the stock right before the crash. After 10 years, the OWNERS get sh!t on.
The notion that capgains are reward for ownership is bullsh!t. Because those gains have time and time again proven to be completely bogus and known to evaporate implosively. Who here owns a business and pays your managers all of the freaking profits!??!!?
I am a big capitalist. I am on the side of SEIU on this one.
Hey sheepple;
Protesting will get you nothing but a headache and maybe some mace in the face. Better yet use your noggins and realize that you have to take the punch bowl away. The GS boys are just taking advantage of an opportunity just like anyone else who is in such a position. Hit them where it hurts. In the their pocket book which is filled with confetti. Buy Gold and silver. Real money always trumps confetti. If you think about it a million, billion, trillion is just more zeros. Anything that is paper backed is nothing but a promise and we know liars can not keep promises. Get the real deal. Throughout history fiat never wins. Ever!!! They want you to play in the fiat world. If you do you lose. They will always, always have more than you. Take that confetti and exchange it for real money. Do it now. Don't waste your time protesting zeros.
You guys are great. Laughed my ass off. There's hope because of you!
SIEU=GS
They are both organized appropriators, thieving thugs and just one step ahead of the law.
Address correction - Goldman Sachs office in Wash D.C. is at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
my own personal thoughts on GS aside, trying to force congress to take an investment firms money to bolster foreclosure programs is stupid. GS didnt do it all themselves. why dont you go to your local motgage brokers office (the same guy that got your servie worker's ass a mortgage on a home you couldnt afford to begin with) and demand he give you his leased s class and sell his underwater home to make you whole again.
Devils advocate:
Just for a minute let's say the SIEU has a legitimate claim.
How?
Because they know at least as much as Goldman knows, that ever since 1913 and shortly after, as real money was siphoned out of the real market, and it became illegal to own or transact in real money- that capitalism itself- if it ever existed anywhere else in the world, no longer existed in the USA.
They know the game is rigged and various Game Theories are used in a cooperative or competitive way to steal from others.
I stipulate all that to the SIEU even as I distrust all unions and GS/JPMC/BofA/Citi.
According to Max Keiser in his most recent Truth about Markets London, any grievence against a corporation by "the people" or some NGO or mob/union is just something to ask an insurance company to write a policy for, or the government- either will be useful to indemnify the corporation against losses for the exposures realized by the people and services must be reduced or quality of service diminished in proportion to the new premiums paid for the insurance.
In short, protesters always always lose.
Devils advocate:
Just for a minute let's say the SIEU has a legitimate claim.
How?
Because they know at least as much as Goldman knows, that ever since 1913 and shortly after, as real money was siphoned out of the real market, and it became illegal to own or transact in real money- that capitalism itself- if it ever existed anywhere else in the world, no longer existed in the USA.
They know the game is rigged and various Game Theories are used in a cooperative or competitive way to steal from others.
I stipulate all that to the SIEU even as I distrust all unions and GS/JPMC/BofA/Citi.
According to Max Keiser in his most recent Truth about Markets London, any grievence against a corporation by "the people" or some NGO or mob/union is just something to ask an insurance company to write a policy for, or the government- either will be useful to indemnify the corporation against losses for the exposures realized by the people and services must be reduced or quality of service diminished in proportion to the new premiums paid for the insurance.
In short, protesters always always lose.