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Workers World top 10 reasons Wall Street is celebrating the anniversary of the bailout

Published Sep 23, 2009 5:37 PM

1. We can survive on $750,000 average annual salaries after all ...

2. ... if we get lots of bonus money, too.

3. $7 trillion doesn’t go nearly as far as you think it does, but it still felt pretty good.

4. Right-wingers love to be our secret rabid pit bulls.

5. We can always blame President You-Know-Who for all our failures.

6. When we gamble with your money, we don’t need a 12-step program.

7. Actually, since consumers are spending so much less, they don’t really need as much consumer protection.

8. We found a new way to take tax deductions on kickbacks to Congress.

9. No matter what we do, more bailout money will always be available.

10. Rules and regulations are for the “little people.”