Where is the bail out money?

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This morning City Basnk takes delivery of their new coporate $50,000,000.00 jet. State of the art. It only holds 12 people in luxurey. All paid for by tax payers money. If a bank is failing, how can you justify this. The way I see it you could fly in the US 125,000 times at $400 round trip. I can see NO reason to own that kind of a toy. This is an example of kicking sand in the tax payers face. time to get up and we kick some arss.

[FasterThanYou]

Cause Barney Frank told them to.

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Palosi is a crook also, she is just turning her head. What a bach!!!!

[Moby]

The whole d@mn thing just pisses me off...

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Another good example, is the new senator that forgot to pay his taxes, about 30K. I say we all forget to pay, as he said just a minor oversite. Well kiss my butt, you and I do it and we get fined. Nothing but a big can of worms.

WHEW I need a beer!

[JLA]

Heard today they scrapped the jet after "pressure from the White House". What are these people thinking? Are they above the law and all common sense? I just don't get it.

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AP Investigation: Banks sought foreign workers

By FRANK BASS and RITA BEAMISH, Associated Press Writers
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Banks collecting billions of dollars in federal bailout money sought government permission to bring thousands of foreign workers to the U.S. for high-paying jobs, according to an Associated Press review of visa applications.
The dozen banks receiving the biggest rescue packages, totaling more than $150 billion, requested visas for more than 21,800 foreign workers over the past six years for positions that included senior vice presidents, corporate lawyers, junior investment analysts and human resources specialists. The average annual salary for those jobs was $90,721, nearly twice the median income for all American households.
The figures are significant because they show that the bailed-out banks, being kept afloat with U.S. taxpayer money, actively sought to hire foreign workers instead of American workers. As the economic collapse worsened last year — with huge numbers of bank employees laid off — the numbers of visas sought by the dozen banks in AP's analysis increased by nearly one-third, from 3,258 in fiscal 2007 to 4,163 in fiscal 2008.
The AP reviewed visa applications the banks filed with the Labor Department under the H-1B visa program, which allows temporary employment of foreign workers in specialized-skill and advanced-degree positions.
It is unclear how many foreign workers the banks actually hired; the government does not release those details. The actual number is likely a fraction of the 21,800 foreign workers the banks sought to hire because the government limits the number of visas it grants to 85,000 each year among all U.S. employers.
During the last three months of 2008, the largest banks that received taxpayer loans announced more than 100,000 layoffs. The number of foreign workers included among those laid off is unknown.
Foreigners are attractive hires because companies have found ways to pay them less than American workers