" I would expect the message to be spelled out in sold gold bars consisting of the melted down scrap jewelry."

That's how they stay the 1%. They don't spend their money. They keep it.

Yes I agree. So the guy has a different opinion, big deal. It wasn't too long ago that we left the gold standard (1971).

He is a chairman, not a dictator, nor a "czar". Can't decree one day we are back on the gold standard, or gold exchange standard.

My father worked for Delta for 40 years. He tells a great story during the 60's that an Italian pair of siblings got stuck at O'Hare due to weather. They spoke no English and he was the supervisor on call and happened to speak Italian. He housed the pair in my family's house for the night then got them on their final destination the next day.

Are these Continental employees robots? How can they not have some situational awareness or COMPASSION seeing a 10-year old alone on a plane? This goes beyond poor service, but into the realm of negligence human existence!

Lucy,
Could you explain the "homo-erotic undertones"? One helps the other move his stuff in and place stuff on the shelf. One stuff envelopes as the other signs headshots. One cleans the pool while the other swims. Then they eat burgers together.

Not since Madonna's "EROTIC" book has something been so... erotic.

Sorry, sugar, but you're fishing where there are no fish.

The CTA and Metra in the Chicago-area have reported the same "record" increase in ridership even after recent fare increases, but still have huge deficits. Only the public sector could take the opportunity for record profit and piss it down the drain...

I sent this story to this guy, maybe he can use it in his next "victrola-cast":

[www.oldtimeynews.com]

"each $1 saved by a single mother earning $15,000 a year would cost her $2.60 in higher taxes and lost government benefits."

Here's a thought:
If a critical mass of poor saved $1 regularly, then the government would dole out LESS benefits AND taxes would decrease, thereby affording the said poor a closer $1:$1 ratio.

I know it is a little far fetched and naive, but just a thought...

"He suggested that students at historically black institutions were sometimes charged higher interest rates and fees than other students."

Before he plays the race card, I hope he looks at the general data of different demographics' use of credit. It could be that African-Americans, STATISTICALLY, have worse credit ratings or debt/income ratios than other groups. I know Serbian immigrants who own a local store, home and car, and paid for all of it with cash, a normal way of doing business in Serbia. There credit ratingsa (when they apply) are excellent, since they own outright all of there possessions.

Has he looked at historically Eastern European institutions to see if THEY have lower interest rates, and if true, how come we all can't get them that low?