Comments on: Bankers share financial literacy lessons with Brooklyn students http://gothamschools.org/2010/01/21/bankers-share-financial-literacy-lessons-with-brooklyn-students/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: reality-based educator http://gothamschools.org/2010/01/21/bankers-share-financial-literacy-lessons-with-brooklyn-students/comment-page-1/#comment-252480 reality-based educator Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:53:54 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=30600#comment-252480 Many of the banksters and hedge fund managers belong in jail, not a classroom. But in a country where the only skill privileged these days is the one where you move around paper on a trading desk all day and figure out ways to steal millions and billions from customers, shareholders and taxpayers, that just won't happen. At least Obushma finally stopped listening to Treasury Timmeh and Larry Summers and decided to take on some financial reform. I won't hold my breath that it will pass without being gutted into something meaningless, however. Pretty much that's all this president is good for. Interesting how he wants to empower the hedge fund managers and banksters in education while regulating them in the financial world. Wonder why he trusts them in education, but sees them for the greedy, predatory criminals they are in the financial world. Many of the banksters and hedge fund managers belong in jail, not a classroom.

But in a country where the only skill privileged these days is the one where you move around paper on a trading desk all day and figure out ways to steal millions and billions from customers, shareholders and taxpayers, that just won’t happen.

At least Obushma finally stopped listening to Treasury Timmeh and Larry Summers and decided to take on some financial reform.

I won’t hold my breath that it will pass without being gutted into something meaningless, however.

Pretty much that’s all this president is good for.

Interesting how he wants to empower the hedge fund managers and banksters in education while regulating them in the financial world.

Wonder why he trusts them in education, but sees them for the greedy, predatory criminals they are in the financial world.

]]> By: 2nd Graders from Community Partnership Charter School http://gothamschools.org/2010/01/21/bankers-share-financial-literacy-lessons-with-brooklyn-students/comment-page-1/#comment-252477 2nd Graders from Community Partnership Charter School Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:15:31 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=30600#comment-252477 We want to thank Barclays and First Book for the books and for reading with us. Thank you also for the cool book bags. Thank you Maura for coming and for writing about our event and our school. We love reading and we want to know if the volunteers also grew up reading like we did. Leave us a comment to tell us! Have a great day, and come back to visit! We want to thank Barclays and First Book for the books and for reading with us. Thank you also for the cool book bags. Thank you Maura for coming and for writing about our event and our school. We love reading and we want to know if the volunteers also grew up reading like we did. Leave us a comment to tell us! Have a great day, and come back to visit!

]]> By: District 13 parent http://gothamschools.org/2010/01/21/bankers-share-financial-literacy-lessons-with-brooklyn-students/comment-page-1/#comment-252476 District 13 parent Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:15:19 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=30600#comment-252476 I don't know. The people whose greed brought down the entire economy? In a classroom with our kids? No, thanks! I don’t know. The people whose greed brought down the entire economy? In a classroom with our kids? No, thanks!

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