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- So, now that Congress just repealed at least a huge chuck of the STOCK Act, will 60 Minutes be reporting a follow-up to the original story?
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- If you look at Washington has whole they are all dirty. It does not matter about the laws, they just break them anyway and nothing is done. Take a look around are great nation, people are suffering, out of work, out of their homes. Why must a story always have to start new laws. Everyone new how the banks and wall street were doing business with Washington and the news media broke the story and we have regulations. But guess what? They don't work because they are still doing business with Washinbgton the old way.
It is so sad that noboady will here my crys about my 93 year old mom still waiting for my dads aide and attandace from VA. Below is the email mail I have sent to the President, Vice President, Leader od the House and Senate, TV stations and newspaper and no one cares.
I just want to start with something that is going on with my 93 year old Mom. She is currently in an Assisted Living Facility and between her money and my money we have spent over $100,00 dollars. The facility is great and the people who work there are great. I have been waiting for the VA to ok her aid and attendance benifits that are due to her since 2011. These benefits are do to her because of my Dad serving is Country under President Truman. When you try and call to find out any information you always get the same message. We can not take your call at this time please call back later. I don't care how many times you call it is always the same.
I would recomend that if any of you out there need help from the VA for your parents or children I wish you good luck.
Building a $750,00 soccor field for the prinsors in Guantanamo Bay, letting have vedios, viedo games and flat screen TV are more important to the Obama then anything else, because his parents are dead so why should he care about our parents. It just goes to show how the Federal Government and State Governments think. They hope our parents die before they have to pay any benefits. I will contiune my emails everyday until someone hears me. I hope alot of people in America join in. It's funny that President Obama has the First Lady in commercials about the Vets, but she does care either all of Washington is lip service with an open check book for stuped things and not things that make sense. - Reply to this comment
- Can you show me the exact legislation that makes this insider trading and selling of information legal for the Congress?
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- Whoa!! Lets not be hasty, wait until this is passed and see how much they have doctored this bill for personal gain, closed door sessions, open gov hah!! If this law is already in force then prosecute, thats what would happen to us, you know, the people you work for!! OH well, probably like Rangel, bad boy shame shame, How about a follow up 60 minutes, the changes, the facts. The new loopholes for wallstreet, the firms that are trying to be excluded, that gather information and sell it for huge profits, be interesting to know if our employees in Washington are holding any stock in these companies.
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- Thank you 60 minutes for this story. Please come to Idaho and investigate the rampant Mormon Mafia Political Corruption problem in our state and local government. LDS politicians overwhelmingly control every county seat and state position in Idaho granting preferential legislation to LDS controlled Agribusiness, Contractors and jobs. Additionally, the Attorney General and local prosecutors DO NOT protect non-LDS citizens from criminal actions of these elitist.
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- What about Boehner and the Keystone pipeline issue...he owns a lot of their stock and is really pushing for this deal to go through...its a obvious conflict of interest...dont you think
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- Corzine Hiding what happened to MF Global Money with loop hole in 2005 Bankruptcy & Consumer protection law?
Corzine is Hiding the fact of what happened to the MF Global Money with this Loophole I bet . You know what is Ironic about this is that Corzine when he was in the Senate voted against the 2005 Bankruptcy Bill that he NOW is using to hide the MF Global Money Loss behind and claim stupidity by .
I bet this loop hole in the 2005 Bankruptcy and Consumer protection reform law helped Pelosi make a killing off insider trading too , http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=198650 , because each time a bank collapsed Pelosi's bank investments gained from these failed banks and investment firms assets and private citizen bank accounts that are seized in the Collapse which would make the Stock prices rise in the To Big to fail banks that Pelosi would have investments in this I Bet . I wonder if President Obama has Investments in the Multi-National banks that would be benefiting from this kind of Insider trading schemes like Pelosi is that 60 minutes reported on ??
We can create more Jobs by amending the 2005 Bankruptcy and Consumer Protection bill and close the Loop Hole that is allowing assets to be swallowed up by Derivatives holders like the Multi-National banks because the bill allows them to be first in line to seize these assets .
Here is why this 2005 Bankruptcy and Consumer Protection Law is so bad for the Middle Class , all the small banks that have gone broke, see here, http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/banklist.html ,or will have had their assets and those assets that belong to Middle Class people swallowed up by the International Bankers because of this 2005 Bankruptcy Law and that Directly infringes on the State sovereignty and commerce laws . - Reply to this comment
- I know many are frauds in Congress. I know that many are dishonest and lying. I know that there are only few that really care about the country and it's citizens. I know there are many that are immoral and unethical.
Thanks for the evidence Steve Kroft. I think they should be criminally charged. - Reply to this comment
- I just read the book "Throw Them All Out" and I encourage every American to read it. There is HUGE insider trading going on by Congressmen and Senators with the WORST offenders being John Kerry and Nancy Pelosi. Yes there are some Republicans doing it too but nothing as large in amount and as frequently as Kerry and Pelosi. Yes they wrote their own rules so this insider trading does not technically break the law, but ethically and morally is a whole other story. They should resign immediately. If the public knew the amount and depth of this immoral/unethical acitivity they would be outraged. Pelosi has made tens of millions and Kerry has made hundreds of millions. They also put through Earmarks that result in value of property they own doubling or trippling in value. It is disgusting.
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- Thank you CBS and 60 minutes for engaging in a true piece of investigative journalism and FINALLY calling the politicians on their collective BS. This report reflected poorly on current and past congressional leadership and was not focused on one party or the other.
It is a like a breath of fresh air after having a plastic bag tied over my head for literally years. This is the kind of journalism that once was commonplace but has recently disappeared with the partisan entertainment based news programming of the last several years. I have believed for sometime that the press has been a totally complicit party to the wreckage our politicians have led this country into. It gives me a glimmer of hope that all is not lost and that maybe, just maybe, there are members of the press willing to do their jobs and protect us from the charlatans that have risen to power in this nation.
Please do not make this a one time shot. I, for one, will tune into 60 minutes every week in the coming months as I would like to see your ratings improve in the near term... perhaps if that were to happen, others would see that when the press begins to live up the tremendous responsibility of protecting our freedom that it might even be profitable to do so.
Again thank you. Journalism might not be dead after all... please do more of this. We need it. - Reply to this comment
