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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Union Honchos and Crony Capitalists in Attendance at Obama 'Reform' Speech


For the past year and one half, union bosses, political pundits, and politicians have decried the reign of greed and the evils of capitalism. Yesterday, as President Obama and his fellow Democrats lay siege to the financial sector for what Washington helped create, some 700 attendees attendees listened to his speech in New York.  Here's a partial list (via WaPo):
  • Bob Diamond, Barclays
  • Paul Calello, Credit Suisse
  • Deborah Wright, Carver Bancorp, Inc
  • Barry Zubrow, JP Morgan Chase 
  • Tom Nides, Morgan Stanley 
  • Gary Cohn, Goldman Sachs
  • Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs
  • Bruce Thompson, Bank Of America
  • Arthur Levitt, former SEC member
  • Harvey Goldschmid, former SEC chair
  • Bob Greifeld, CEO, NASDAQ
  • Paul Volcker
  • Penny Pritzker
  • Mark Gallogly
  • Timothy Duncan, American Business Leaders for Financial Reform
  • Jerome Davidson, National Consumers League 
  • James Fishman, National Association of Consumer Advocates 
  • Evena Guerrier, NYPIRG 
  • Michael Hudson, Center For Responsible Lending 
  • Melanie Johnson, National Consumers League
  • Norman Silber, Consumers Union
  • Rich Trumka, AFL-CIO
  • Andy Stern, SEIU
  • Denis Hughes, NY AFL-CIO
  • Greg Floyd, Teamsters
  • Anna Burger, Change to Win
  • George Gresham, SEIU 1199
  • Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.)
  • New York Governor David Paterson (D)
  • New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (D)
  • New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I)
  • Ruben Diaz Jr., Bronx Borough President
  • Thomas DiNapoli, State Comptroller
  • John Liu, New York Comptroller 
  • Christine Quinn, New York City Council Speaker
  • Scott Stringer, Manhattan Borough President
  • Bill DeBlasio, New York Public Advocate
  • Richard Neiman, State Banking Superintendent
  • Jim Wrynn, State Insurance Superintendent
Funny thing is, there's a lot of politicos, union honchos, bankers and cronies, but there does not seem to be a real capitalist among them.
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