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OBAMA & CONGRESS BLAST CITI OVER JET
NY Post ^
| 01/27/09
| JENNIFER GOULD KEIL and CHUCK BENNETT
Posted on 01/27/2009 7:42:38 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
01/27/2009 7:43:04 AM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: TigerLikesRooster
reason 2901 why bailouts were a bad idea. Thanks, McCain for not giving us an alternative.
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posted on
01/27/2009 7:44:06 AM PST
by
ilgipper
To: TigerLikesRooster
I think Citi should give up their jets when Pelosi gives up her.
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posted on
01/27/2009 7:45:08 AM PST
by
Perdogg
(Only the hypnotized never lie)
To: TigerLikesRooster
What about Congresshag Peolousi’s jet?
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posted on
01/27/2009 7:45:13 AM PST
by
IbJensen
(The USA has been failing since Wilson, Take this country back now before it's too late.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I understood that they bought it 2 yrs ago, when they had a lot of money.
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posted on
01/27/2009 7:45:37 AM PST
by
stuartcr
(If the end doesn't justify the means...why have different means?)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
01/27/2009 7:46:05 AM PST
by
Roccus
(I am a RINO...............I am a Conservative.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
All that ever happens to these guys is a tongue lashing, that’s it. I would take 1000 times the tongue lashing Citi took for 1/1000th the money they just got = $45 million. I’d like to see Congress remove ninety nine times the cost of the jet from Citi’s picnic basket that they were just given. Just take $5 billion away. Now. Today.
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posted on
01/27/2009 7:46:11 AM PST
by
Attention Surplus Disorder
(Mr. Bernanke, have you started working on your book about the second GREATER depression?")
To: TigerLikesRooster
Can we expect the same level of scrutiny for individuals receiving government assistance? Such as welfare recipients buying HD TV’s?
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posted on
01/27/2009 7:46:28 AM PST
by
Niteranger68
(Cowitness...)
To: TigerLikesRooster
>>Obama “doesn’t believe” business jets are the “best use of money,” said Gibbs.
Then he’ll be giving up Air Force One, right?
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posted on
01/27/2009 7:46:29 AM PST
by
vikingd00d
(chown -R us ./base)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Doesn't sound like a good time to invest in executive jet makers. I wonder if this is heading in the same as the luxury tax on yachts that almost destroyed the domestic industry until it was repealed.
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posted on
01/27/2009 7:46:38 AM PST
by
Truth29
To: IbJensen
What about Congresshag Peolousis jet?My first thought as well. What does she have? A private 757? That is a nice toy to have for her to fly back 'n forth to her home district -- on our dime.
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posted on
01/27/2009 7:46:39 AM PST
by
Tallguy
("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
To: TigerLikesRooster
Meanwhile a round trip for Pelosi to California costs taxpayers $300,000 dollars.
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posted on
01/27/2009 7:47:13 AM PST
by
Venturer
To: TigerLikesRooster
You mean a single person in Washington had to WONDER if the bailout money would be abused? No brainer for me.
Just look to Katrina and those checks sent out for the “impoverished”. They spent it on lap dances, booze, whatever. Sure, some used it wisely, but quite a few did otherwise and blew it. Yet...same people are still happy to hold out their paw every month for the scheduled gov’t handout. Lovely.
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posted on
01/27/2009 7:47:19 AM PST
by
sevinufnine
(Sevin - "If we do not fight when we know we can win, we'll have to fight when we know we will lose")
To: TigerLikesRooster
Obama sez: "What! Those capitalist pigs are spending the money I gave them on a private jet! The nerve of them!
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posted on
01/27/2009 7:47:33 AM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: TigerLikesRooster
From http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/citi-reverses-course-on-50-million-jet/ ,
Citi Reverses Course on $50 Million Jet
January 27, 2009, 10:20 am
Facing outrage from some lawmakers, Citigroup now says that it will not take delivery of a brand-new $50 million corporate jet.
We have no intent to take delivery of any new aircraft, a Citigroup spokesperson told Dealbook on Tuesday morning.
The bank, which has received hundreds of billions of dollars in government funds and guarantees, came under fire Monday after it emerged that the company was set to take delivery of a luxury corporate jet (built by the French, as it happens).
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posted on
01/27/2009 7:48:03 AM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: TigerLikesRooster
If the real goal of the bailouts is to help Main Street, then why is the government giving trillions to Corporate accounts?
If they really wanted to help Main Street, the government would cut capital gains taxes and corporate taxes. That would grow the economy and create jobs.
But the point of the bailouts is to buy friends, pick economic winners and losers, and lock in future political gains. The implementation isn't helping Main Street, because it's not intended to.
To: ilgipper
Thanks, McCain for not giving us an alternative Don't blame McCain for being the brightest of a box full of low wattage incandescent bulbs.
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posted on
01/27/2009 7:49:01 AM PST
by
Dixie Yooper
(Ephesians 6:11)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Nancy Pelosi must be jealous.
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posted on
01/27/2009 7:49:15 AM PST
by
Mojave
(Own a pit bull; own the consequences.)
To: Perdogg
I think Citi should give up their jets when Pelosi gives up hers.Works for me! Goose and gander and all that (not sure if Pelosi is the goose or the gander!).
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posted on
01/27/2009 7:50:19 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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