Bankers
It is not the responsibility of the Federal Reserve – nor would it be appropriate – to protect lenders and investors from the consequences of their financial decisions. ~ Ben Bernanke, March 2007 Funny Cartoon Animation: What is Quantitative Easing (print more money) and why Ben Bernanke referred to as the Bernank ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTUY16CkS-k When senior figures in banking refer to their pay as "compensation", you wonder exactly what they are being compensated for. Perhaps it's the stress of having to suppress knowledge of the other issue kept under the carpet:how the economy, dancing to the tune of finance capital,is gambling, badly,with the stuff of life ... 70 months and counting ... Reckless practices in the banking and oil industries are tying us together in what Ban Ki-moon calls a 'global suicide pact' http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cif-green/2011/feb/01/70-months-counting-climate-change How much is enough? Do not exp...