Austrian bank employee drops 120k into river.

[Vince82]

It probably didn't end up in the river, but it's a good story:

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...-1226655229774

http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/ba...o-river-374120

[Wolferz]

Should've thrown the banker in the river.

Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank.
Give a man a bank and he can rob the world.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Wolferz

Should've thrown the banker in the river.

And pollute a perfectly good river like that? Have you no heart?

[Wolferz]

Originally Posted by Platapus

And pollute a perfectly good river like that? Have you no heart?

oops, sorry. I forgot about the oil slick that would be produced.

[CaptainHaplo]

Working in the financial industry - yes, for a large, multinational bank no less, it astounds me how so many want to target the industries that actually create prosperity for many (and not the employees). My employer didn't get a bailout, so don't even go there. It was offered and we turned it down.

Roast the banks and "big business" like "big oil" and "big pharma" - but its really strange when a loved by the left company like Apple makes 13 Billion in 1 quarter and you hear nothing. Heck, they made 30 Billion and didn't pay 1 dime in taxes on it at all.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...the-apple-way/

http://money.cnn.com/2012/08/20/tech...any/index.html

"Big oil" makes less than 7 cents on every dollar you spend for gas. At $4.00 a gallon, they make less than 30 cents.

http://energyanswered.org/questions/...i-spend-on-gas

Guess what GuvCo makes on that same gallon......
Federal Taxes are 18.4 cents across the board. The average state tax per gallon is $0.34, for a national average of $0.48 cents a gallon. As the price of gas goes down, GuvCo still makes its margins because regardless of how much it costs - you still need the same AMOUNT, while evil "big oil" profits go down because of the decrease in price. And let's not forget, "evil big oil" does all the work extracting the oil, refining it and shipping it - while GuvCo does nothing more than sit there with its hand out raking in the profits.

Yet no one seems to want to throw politicians off the bridge, when they are the ones robbing us all blind.... at the pump and through our taxes.

Get a clue. Many people who work in finance or other "big, evil businesses" bust our tail every day trying to do the right thing for ourselves, our families and our neighbors. Does anyone really believe GuvCo is doing the same?

[Wolferz]

Easy there, Haplo ol' bean.
We all know the bubbamint is the prime highwayman in all things. Singling out specific commodities to exploit for cash. Making a minority of consumers the targets for their greed. Then they pretend to be Robin Hood but, they can't even get that right. Robin Hood stole from the rich, not everybody who owned a horse or enjoyed tobacco, alcohol and telephones.

Excise taxes should cover the entire bill for the bubbamint but, to make it fair, they should institute a national sales tax on everything. That way ALL citizens pay their fair share. Not just those who smoke, drink, or drive a car.