[lbo-talk] Schumer

[Doug Henwood]

If there was ever any doubt - not that their should be - that  
Democrats were at least as responsible for the current financial mess  
as Republicans, this article from the NYT should take care of that.  
Wall Street's own dedicated Senator, Charles Schumer, did everything  
he could to forestall regulation. And Wall Street loved him for it!

<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/business/14schumer.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all 

 >.

Accompanying the article is a graphic showing Wall Street contribs to  
Senators and Reps. While he was in the House, Schumer got more than  
three times as much cash as the next guy on the list. In the Senate,  
the top recent recipients are Kerry, Schumer, Lieberman, Dodd, and  
Clinton.

And this is the gang that's going to re-regulate Wall Street?

Doug