Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Friday, October 14, 2011

Pity the Poor Traders on Wall Street

They're whining about only making $500,000 a year.

Look at this graph:


The average pay on Wall Street is over $360,000 a year. The average private sector job in New York City pays $66,000. That's averaging in everyone from a janitor to the corporate executives headquartered in NYC, so it's a safe bet that the majority of the private sector workers aren't pulling in $66K a year.

(We really do need to start up the guillotine factory.)

6 comments:

montag said...

While waiting for the guillotine, may I recommend the many lamp posts available around the area. Ca Ira.

Nangleator said...

We'd better hurry, before the lamp posts are all pulled up and sold to the highest bidder, to pay for overtime pay for the cops beating up the victims of those tall graph bars.

Stewart Dean said...

I recommend Kevin Drum:
http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum
for chapter and verse on this. A few more graphs.
Household income vs> Unemployment:
http://www.motherjones.com/files/images/blog_household_income_index.jpg
Falling taxes do NOT improve the economy:
http://www.motherjones.com/files/images/blog_tax_rate_changes.jpg
How income is shared out:
http://www.motherjones.com/files/images/blog_income_shares_1979_2007_2.jpg
How WallSt. proftis are right back up:
http://www.motherjones.com/files/images/blog_financial_profits_2011.jpg

:(

D. said...

"Alors, enfants de la Patrie,
Le jour de gloire est arrivé!
Contre nous de la tyrannie
L'étendard sanglant est levé!
L'étendard sanglant est levé!
Entendez-vous dans nos campagnes
Mugir ces féroces soldats?
Ils viennent jusque dans nos bras
Égorger vos fils, vos compagnes!

Aux armes, citoyens!
Formez vos bataillons!
Marchons! Marchons!
Qu'un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons!"

If we're going with guillotines, we should do it right.

Comrade Misfit said...

Still the best filed version.

Comrade Misfit said...

Or "filmed" version.