The Social Responsibility of Wall Street
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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written by Average Arab, December 24, 2008
Your so smart you shoud lreally rule the world if i rulled the world you would be my queen!!!!

Well worth a try lol
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written by Average Arab, December 24, 2008
You huys do know she is married and that these comment wount get you lucky lol.
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written by msurguy, December 17, 2008
Oh my... This just made my day. What a hilarious tragicomedy this video is! You're the best reporter ever. People like you with attitude, talent and humor with truthful videos like this one is should fill the "news" these days.
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written by FireBrat, October 31, 2008
You are one funny girl.
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written by Mario, October 20, 2008
The funny part is me loosing my money - and I'm in Portugal - thousands of miles away!

I want my money back! Now Mr. Bush!
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written by piet, September 29, 2008
You begin to become famous in the Netherlands! And with a reason.
To Netherlands2 I would tell that beside of your great work and the people he mentions there still exists the Rocketboom-thing (http://www.rocketboom.com/), also quite critical etc... the mother of the vlogs?
Maybe it is an item to visit eachother?
And thousands of other good sites/blogs/vlogs come from the US. The US government tries to impose their will around the world but the real resistance florishes right under their wings. For me and lots of europeans, the US is the country with the most beautiful people and the most evil government... live is full of contradictions!
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written by Netherlands2, September 29, 2008
Compliments from The Netherlands for this video, we need more critical people, especially in America itself, like you Lori, Michael Moore and Naomi Klein. Are there any more? I 'don't know.
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written by 2muchpoliticalpower, September 28, 2008
Lori, you are a riot, all the while making perfect sense!!!

Please keep the great vlogs coming, I love them!

Also, why haven't the "big" political/humor shows, such as Real Time with Bill Maher, Colbert Report w/ Stephen Colbert and The Daily Show w/ Jon Stewart called and scooped you up??

You are a talent that the world needs to see and hear, what a future you have!
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written by Silent Edge, September 28, 2008
Once again, your ambush style is not dull. Sorry you're missing "40% of your money".

On the other hand, I would've love to see you interview the guy who bought the $250,000 home by getting a 3 year ARM, had a credit score of 540 because he'd never paid anything back. Moved in with 0% and had a debt to income ratio of over 50%, before he got the big "surprise" that his mortgage was going to increase and he would have to lose the house.

But wait, he stopped paying on that house already...

By the way, when you interview him, don't forget to check out the brand new car outside, the toys, the new furnishings and the 60 inch LCD HDTV, courtesy of the home equity loan he got back then and never intended to pay back.

While you're at it... ask him for your 40% income tax, or at least the HDTV, it's yours after all.

If you want to point fingers, I can't think of a better place to start.
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written by nickdigital, September 27, 2008
lol! I can't believe we didn't get arrested. Great edit
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written by pwarkentin2pc, September 27, 2008
Your best video so far. It was fun watching the Wall Street "suits" scurrying away from you like cockroaches. Unlike gamblers, they are unwilling to accept responsibility for their loses. Instead they now expect non-investors to pay them for their screwups. They are actually more like parasites.
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written by mot, September 26, 2008
Buu-whahahah ... That was great.
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written by dumbtruckdriver, September 26, 2008
Your Best yet.
Funnie and true!
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written by OnceAPunAThyme, September 26, 2008
Ditto, good post, Lars. A beautifully crafted video.

Having just sold my apartment for a third less than it was worth this time last year, it is no small achievement that you, as ever, made me laugh where the topic is one that makes seethe in tune with many, many others. Here's to your continued cheekiness and your very good health. Yes, I have a glass. It's the debates, tonight. How ever am I'm going to stay awake for them? Who am I kidding, I probably won't even blink in case I miss a single frame. Let the bull commence.
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written by Designer, September 26, 2008
More than a coincidence that the Wall Street bailout & the bank rescue packages will cost the same amount as the Bush tax breaks did. Remedy: In order to nurse America's economy back to health, the next president should dramatically raise the marginal tax rates on the wealthiest 1% of the population, and force them to return the $2 trillion in tax breaks which they received from the Bush administration, then give the tax breaks to the Middle Class, which is well over 50% of the population. Currently, money is trapped at the top and isn't circulating in the American economy.
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written by Daniel V Smith, September 26, 2008
I'd like to highlight Lars Urban's comment:
What the finnancial district has done to the USA is more damaging than any terrorist attack, as of yet!! How many people are being "bombed" out of their homes?
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written by postes, September 26, 2008
Yep, you still have your humor, and thank God for that! I don't think I've ever seen so much sheer terror on so many faces ever!
Did I hear that the lawyers are trying to fix it......God help us!

Was that a personal announcement, Lori, or just a conversational ploy.....you know what I mean?!

.....and you did a good job with pertinent, a tough word to pronounce in a rush!

Great video
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written by Lars Urban, September 26, 2008
?! Privatising profits and publicizing losses ?!

Sounds like the perfect prescription to destroy an Empire.
Res, could you check out till your next video whom of Wall Street has a terrorist track record? I mean their damage to the Country has been more effective then any attack before.
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written by Rogeliop, September 26, 2008
The last frames of the video say it all very nicely. That's exactly what the banks and in turn Wall Street has been doing with *our* money, now we'll be stripped of more to pump in more money in and get less than nothing in return. Oh well... I wonder where my 401k is going? to the Bull as well? :-)

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Date :25 September 2008
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How/whythefuck is it legal to inflate the value of homes, property, or other assets to the point where a market downswing would mean the disappearance of trillions of dollars? To me, that sounds like nothing more than the behavior of someone with a gambling problem. Except this addict just happens to be a collection of bankers who just pissed away all our tax money. And that pisses me off. I certainly don't take high risks that might cost other individuals their homes. Why/howthefuck can these suits? And how can the government think a bailout will be anything but a band-aid, and a cheap, generic one at that? You know, the kind that falls off after an hour of minor bending? Seriously, doesn’t the government and Wall Street have a little more social responsibility than that? I don't want to see this country fall into a depression any more than the next citizen, but it seems like it was this kind of irresponsible risk-taking that got us into this mess. I don't think it's going to get us out. We need to change our behavior here - as a nation and as individuals - and until that happens, we're just going to continue to keep sliding further into debt, until Mexican pesos finally are worth more than our dollars. Just my devalued two cents. [More] [Less]
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