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President Barack Obama should hold companies responisible if they are using taxpayers money for bonuses when the economy is effected by a takeover. Thank you President Obama for recovering taxpayers dollars to be use in other area that are effected by this recession. American Banks have a responibility to operate in a matter that is good for our nation not for their own personal gain. Banks have a moral responisbility to work with government to restore balance to compete with other countries. United States of America is the one country who goals is strive for excellence!

You know what, the Democrats control a majority of the House and Senate. Just write and pass the laws re-regulating the financial industry.

In particular, bring back the Glass-Steagall Act which does not allow investment firms access to savings institutions.

If the financial industry doesn't like it, tough! I don't like the fact that they so irresponsibly gambled our money away, then came crying to the federal government for a bailout and then had the gall to hand out bonuses to the very people who contributed to the global financial crisis.

They deserve something much more severe than re-regulation for the crimes they have committed ....

Lobbying and Special Interest Groups should be banned.

This story is better than any campaign ad the Republicans can buy in 2010 and 2012. This administration is out of their league playing games with private industry.

Business is business. Government is government. It would be just as awkward if Goldman Sachs decided to run the State of New York. They would be no more effective than the Federal Government is at playing around on Wall Street or Detroit business.

Lets just hope they stay out of the medical insurance industry. It will not work any better than what we see here.

These people will receive the bonuses no matter what we do. They control the economy and will not allow to much money to "trickle down" to the common folk.

“No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.”
P. J. O'Rourke quote

I put this quote here for a reason, and that reason is for everyone to read what greed does to society as a whole. Normally, I do not take sides on issues since I am an Independent, but on the issue of health-care, I have to say that these insurance companies are shameless in their attempts to make a profit. I have seen plenty of people denied there healthcare or treatement because they were too "poor" or forgot to declare a case of "being too overweight". Since my mom is a nurse of 25 years, she has come home many times nearly crying because she could not give the treatement to a patient who seemed like a totally nice and caring person. This statement that I am about to say might seem a little extreme, but I feel like it is worth every second of my time saying this. Every person who values money profits more than a human life deserves to go to hell, and burn there for eternity. As a Christian, I personally believe that Jesus would go into there companies and turn over all of there tables and say, "This is supposed to be a house of healing, not a robbery of lives." CNN, you better post this! I am just expressing how I feel towards these people.

Most people are not happy about the welfare payments provided to Wallstreet by American taxpayers.

first of all, access to loans is not a right, those that should not be borrowing do not deserve to have a loan period. second, our dear leader needs to keep his nose out of private enterprise, jpm and gs did not need a bailout and paid back the preferred stock with interest and took out their warrants at a premium for a ~20% return to taxpayers. please show me an investment that lucrative and in that short of a period. thirdly, rahmy was paid about ~20 million for work on wall street – so if he is now so against it and wanting them to share tehir wealth, why not "claw back" his compensation as they just did to ken lewis...

Wallstreet cares for only one thing and that is to enrich the ones that works there. They care nothing about main street or law. Good truthful governmental oversight is what is needed to keep Wallstreet in line. As long as Wallstreet can buy off certain people they will always get their way unless the majority sees what these people are doing. Look at what these speculators does to gas prices!! Here's a question to congress. Why don't you put a stop to it. You all are lawmakers aren't you!!!!!