And that is a big part of the answer, Miriam. Among the Upper Classes
across Europe, including the British Isles, arranged marriages had,
for generations, locked the Elite together. Sure, they feuded, just
like large extended families tend to do, but when faced with actual
harm, they did tend to protect one another.
Carl Jarvis
On 9/3/16, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well, do you want to contemplate something that I learned about the German
bombing of London during World War 2 that I reaed in a novel? I never came
across this little nugget before, not in all those hundreds of books that
I've read about that war. And, by the way, this is an absolutely fantastic
book, not yet on BARD, written by Chris Cleave who is British. The book is
based on experiences of his grandparents and like all of his books, it is
really very insightful about life in Great Britain, particularly the class
system. The book is Everyone Brave is Forgiven. What I learned was that
all
of the really wealthy areas of London were never bombed. The upper class
continued to live very comfortably while the working people and all of the
resources that they needed, were bombed to rubble. What? Did the Germans
sit
down and figure out that the ruling class should not be inconvenienced? I
remember from reading the first book in that 20th century trilogy. That
there were very close ties between the upper classes in England and
Germany.
Families were, in fact, intermingled. Maybe that explains it.
Miriam
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Like a child asking Mom for another helping of split pea soup and being
told
that "We can't afford your piggy ways", while mom and dad light up another
cigarette and pour another glass of booze, the Working Class stands meekly
before the Greed Ridden Corporate "moms and dads", pleading for just a
little relief.
Carl Jarvis
On 9/2/16, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Studies."
Excerpt: "U.S. taxpayers have been subsidizing more than US$2 billion
in executive bonuses at the nation's largest banks since 2012,
according to a new report published Thursday by the Institute for Policy
deductions.
Wall Street. (photo: AP)
Taxpayers Subsidize Billions in Wall Street Bonuses: Report By teleSUR
02 September 16
According to the study, 20 U.S. banks paid more than US$2 billion in
bonuses to their top five executives over the past four years.
U.S. taxpayers have been subsidizing more than US$2 billion in
executive bonuses at the nation's largest banks since 2012, according
to a new report published Thursday by the Institute for Policy Studies.
"Taxpayers should not have to subsidize excessive CEO bonuses at any
corporation," said report author Sarah Anderson. "But such subsidies
are particularly troubling when they prop up a pay system that
encourages the reckless behavior which caused one devastating national
crisis, and could cause more in the future."
According to the study, 20 U.S. banks paid more than US$2 billion in
bonuses to their top five executives over the past four years. This
translates into a taxpayer subsidy worth more than US$725 million, or
US$1.7 million per executive per year.
"The study focuses on a 1993 reform under former President Bill
Clinton that was intended to rein in runaway CEO pay by capping the
tax deductibility of compensation at US$1 million," says the report.
"Instead, the new rule fueled the explosion of CEO pay by including a
huge loophole for stock options and other 'performance' pay."
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said she wants to
reform this loophole, but hasn't said she will close it.
Among other findings, between 2010 and 2015, the top executives at the
20 largest banks earned more than US$800 million in bonuses. Also,
executives reaped large bonuses that their banks could write off as tax
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Taxpayers Subsidize Billions in Wall Street Bonuses: Report By teleSUR
02 September 16
According to the study, 20 U.S. banks paid more than US$2 billion in
bonuses to their top five executives over the past four years.
.S. taxpayers have been subsidizing more than US$2 billion in
executive bonuses at the nation's largest banks since 2012, according
to a new report published Thursday by the Institute for Policy Studies.
"Taxpayers should not have to subsidize excessive CEO bonuses at any
corporation," said report author Sarah Anderson. "But such subsidies
are particularly troubling when they prop up a pay system that
encourages the reckless behavior which caused one devastating national
crisis, and could cause more in the future."
According to the study, 20 U.S. banks paid more than US$2 billion in
bonuses to their top five executives over the past four years. This
translates into a taxpayer subsidy worth more than US$725 million, or
US$1.7 million per executive per year.
"The study focuses on a 1993 reform under former President Bill
Clinton that was intended to rein in runaway CEO pay by capping the
tax deductibility of compensation at US$1 million," says the report.
"Instead, the new rule fueled the explosion of CEO pay by including a
huge loophole for stock options and other 'performance' pay."
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said she wants to
reform this loophole, but hasn't said she will close it.
Among other findings, between 2010 and 2015, the top executives at the
20 largest banks earned more than US$800 million in bonuses. Also,
executives reaped large bonuses that their banks could write off as tax
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