Those Other Pirates called Bankers give themselves a new round of bonuses

Where are those sharpshooters when you really need them?

“City bankers are set to pocket huge bonuses again, despite bringing the world economy to the brink of ruin.

Goldman Sachs yesterday promised thousands of staff – 5,500 of them in the UK – a 33 per cent pay boost after it returned to profit.

Other banks are expected to follow suit after benefiting from trillions of pounds in government bailouts.

Last night angry MPs condemned what they said was ‘business as usual’ for City fat cats. Goldman Sachs was accused of ‘taking the mickey’ out of taxpayers with such massive bonuses during a global recession. “

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Give to the Rich to help the poor?

Get the tar & feathers ready!

From The Guardian:

On Tuesday night, 100 billionaires will gather at London’s sumptuous Dorchester hotel, to watch Mr Ted Turner in conversation with Ms Carol Vorderman. Ms Joss Stone will sing, and some model or other will be in attendance. Can you guess the aim of this evening, which I trust you would cross continents to avoid in the infinitely unlikely event that you had been invited? No? Then allow me to assist. The aim is to make the government give tax breaks to the super-rich, in order to tempt them to give the same percentage of income to charity as the poorest 20% of people in this country already do. See full story HERE