Isaiah J. Poole

Isaiah J. Poole

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Isaiah J. Poole
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  • Published Watchdogs And Lapdogs On Financial Reform (Blog entry)
    November 20, 2009 - 10:49am

    There was a major victory for accountability this week in the financial reform fight, but there was also a demonstration that when it comes to protecting the profits of bankers at the expense of ordinary people, no institution does it better than the Party of No.

  • Shared Why The Financial Reform Fight Matters (Video)
    November 18, 2009 - 11:54am

    Damon Silvers, the policy director at the AFL-CIO, faced off against Edward Yingling, the CEO of the American Bankers Association, on the issue of financial reform at The Aspen Institute. In this segment of the 90-minute debate Silvers gets to the core of how Wall Street went awry and why the financial reform fight is important.

  • Published Labor Exec Shows How To Demolish Banking Industry Facade (Blog entry)
    November 17, 2009 - 2:35pm

    Wall Street Reform Matters

    Hear AFL-CIO policy director Damon Silvers explain why financial reform is important and his assessment of his debate with American Bankers Association president Edward Yingling.

    The banking lobby, as corporate lobbies are wont to do, can build a wonderful Potemkin village of consumer delights, where a defanged government beholden to business interests smiles as unfettered CEOs and marketers rack up their profits and where only the buyer need beware.

    This particular village, however, is as flimsy as it is fake, as Damon Silvers, the policy director at the AFL-CIO, demonstrated in a face-off with the banking industry's chief lobbyist, American Bankers Association president Edward Yingling sponsored by the Aspen Institute.

  • Shared Ungodly: Bonuses At Goldman Sachs, Bankruptcies On Main Street (Video)
    November 16, 2009 - 6:08pm

    Hundreds of taxpayers converged in front of the Washington headquarters of Goldman Sachs with a basic demand for its CEO: Before you issue multibillion-dollar bonuses to your executives, help clean up the mess you and other Wall Street titans made on Main Street.

  • Shared The Money Man's Best Friend (Progressive Opinion)
    November 13, 2009 - 2:16pm

    The Obama administration promised to reform the financial system and make it safe for the rest of us, but recent Congressional action is more likely to reset the fuse for another explosive calamity. Washington insiders may not be shocked to learn that private-interest groups provided the draft bill. But the legislation was delivered to the House Financial Services Committee by Blue Dog Democrats, not lobbyists.

  • Published What We Want From A White House Jobs Summit (Blog entry)
    November 13, 2009 - 7:32am

    President Obama's team made it clear months ago that he will brook no talk of a "second stimulus" at a time when the first stimulus is under significant criticism—from the right, to be sure, but also from the left.

  • Published Message To Energy Department: U.S. Greenbacks For U.S. Green Jobs (Blog entry)
    November 6, 2009 - 10:47am

    News of the potential use of U.S.

  • Published Message To House: Don't Allow Mini-Madoffs (Blog entry)
    November 4, 2009 - 11:09am

    The financial reform effort was dealt a significant setback in the House Financial Services Committee today when the committee approved a regulatory bill (HR 3817)<

  • Shared Rob Johnson: Make Politicians Afriad Of Wall Street Cash (Video)
    November 3, 2009 - 2:02pm

    Economist Robert Johnson says progressive activists are going to have to fight more aggressively against the forces on Capitol Hill and the White House who are working on behalf of the financial services industry to block financial reform, given the kinds of deals now being cut by the Obama White House and some Democrats in Congress.

  • Published Make Them Afraid Of Wall Street's Money (Blog entry)
    November 3, 2009 - 11:19am

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  • Published Watchdogs And Lapdogs On Financial Reform (Blog entry)
    November 20, 2009 - 10:49am

    There was a major victory for accountability this week in the financial reform fight, but there was also a demonstration that when it comes to protecting the profits of bankers at the expense of ordinary people, no institution does it better than the Party of No.

  • Shared Why The Financial Reform Fight Matters (Video)
    November 18, 2009 - 11:54am

    Damon Silvers, the policy director at the AFL-CIO, faced off against Edward Yingling, the CEO of the American Bankers Association, on the issue of financial reform at The Aspen Institute. In this segment of the 90-minute debate Silvers gets to the core of how Wall Street went awry and why the financial reform fight is important.

  • Published Labor Exec Shows How To Demolish Banking Industry Facade (Blog entry)
    November 17, 2009 - 2:35pm

    Wall Street Reform Matters

    Hear AFL-CIO policy director Damon Silvers explain why financial reform is important and his assessment of his debate with American Bankers Association president Edward Yingling.

    The banking lobby, as corporate lobbies are wont to do, can build a wonderful Potemkin village of consumer delights, where a defanged government beholden to business interests smiles as unfettered CEOs and marketers rack up their profits and where only the buyer need beware.

    This particular village, however, is as flimsy as it is fake, as Damon Silvers, the policy director at the AFL-CIO, demonstrated in a face-off with the banking industry's chief lobbyist, American Bankers Association president Edward Yingling sponsored by the Aspen Institute.

  • Shared Ungodly: Bonuses At Goldman Sachs, Bankruptcies On Main Street (Video)
    November 16, 2009 - 6:08pm

    Hundreds of taxpayers converged in front of the Washington headquarters of Goldman Sachs with a basic demand for its CEO: Before you issue multibillion-dollar bonuses to your executives, help clean up the mess you and other Wall Street titans made on Main Street.

  • Shared The Money Man's Best Friend (Progressive Opinion)
    November 13, 2009 - 2:16pm

    The Obama administration promised to reform the financial system and make it safe for the rest of us, but recent Congressional action is more likely to reset the fuse for another explosive calamity. Washington insiders may not be shocked to learn that private-interest groups provided the draft bill. But the legislation was delivered to the House Financial Services Committee by Blue Dog Democrats, not lobbyists.

  • Published What We Want From A White House Jobs Summit (Blog entry)
    November 13, 2009 - 7:32am

    President Obama's team made it clear months ago that he will brook no talk of a "second stimulus" at a time when the first stimulus is under significant criticism—from the right, to be sure, but also from the left.

  • Published Message To Energy Department: U.S. Greenbacks For U.S. Green Jobs (Blog entry)
    November 6, 2009 - 10:47am

    News of the potential use of U.S.

  • Published Message To House: Don't Allow Mini-Madoffs (Blog entry)
    November 4, 2009 - 11:09am

    The financial reform effort was dealt a significant setback in the House Financial Services Committee today when the committee approved a regulatory bill (HR 3817)<

  • Shared Rob Johnson: Make Politicians Afriad Of Wall Street Cash (Video)
    November 3, 2009 - 2:02pm

    Economist Robert Johnson says progressive activists are going to have to fight more aggressively against the forces on Capitol Hill and the White House who are working on behalf of the financial services industry to block financial reform, given the kinds of deals now being cut by the Obama White House and some Democrats in Congress.

  • Published Make Them Afraid Of Wall Street's Money (Blog entry)
    November 3, 2009 - 11:19am

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