Friday, February 06, 2009
Quid. Pro. Quo.
I am in Nevada right now (no wonder I was defending Wells Fargo!), and note for the record that the Service Employee's International Union is running this ad in support of the pork roast stimulus package incessantly:
SEIU loaded the ad up to YouTube itself, with the following description (bold emphasis added):
The Service Employee's International Union (SEIU) believes in rewarding work and has begun an aggressive television ad campaign in support of Senator Harry Reid's work on behalf of Nevada's working families.
The statewide cable ad, titled Hard Work, highlights a few of the many issues Senator Reid has been spearheading on behalf of Nevada's families, including tax cuts, investments in alternative energy, an economic recovery package that works for every American and rebuilding our infrastructure.
I would think that even in Nevada this would make people worry about what is actually in that legislation.
7 Comments:
By 
Viking Kaj, at
Fri Feb 06, 10:13:00 AM:
Make sure Wells gives you one of those little stage coaches for the kiddies...
By Christopher Chambers, at
Fri Feb 06, 11:08:00 AM:
Pork Roast? Oh man--do you REALLY want to be in the camp of clowns like Rish Limbaugh (unless he slipped you some of his Oxi)? J.M. Keynes--like Osiris...or Jesus--is back from the dead, as prophesized. And he's mad as hell...LOL Even ex-apostates like David Stockman or Alan Greenspan are supplicants.
Be nice if you'd the bitching and pointless undercutting and come on board. Think of it as enlightened self-interest, if it makes you feel better.
By 
, at
Fri Feb 06, 11:18:00 AM:
If Nevada really wanted help from the federal government, they should try to encourage the price of gold to stay high (inflation?) and keep California going down the road to self-immolation.
Naughty Tigerhawk. Bitching and pointless undercutting. That NEVER happens elsewhere in American political life. Oh wait......
-David
By TigerHawk, at
Fri Feb 06, 11:29:00 AM:
Viking Kaj -- I'm not actually out here with Wells Fargo, in case that was not clear.
Chris - If it makes you feel better, my commercial/professional self-interest is very much on the side of the stimulus package. And I think that a significant stimulus is necessary. I just would tailor the bill much more narrowly to specific items that can happen quickly.
By Viking Kaj, at
Fri Feb 06, 01:06:00 PM:
I'm actually a Wells private banking customer and I can't wait for them to take over Wachovia.
The "stage coach for the kiddies" was from a WaMu TV ad from the 1990's when they were trying to compete with Wells. I guess you know the rest of that story.
I hear the market for waiters in Vegas is not so good these days, just in case you brought your tux...
By , at
Fri Feb 06, 10:09:00 PM:
The Socialists are on the move
"Congress will consider legislation to extend some of the curbs on executive pay that now apply only to those banks receiving federal assistance, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank said."...
“There’s deeply rooted anger on the part of the average American,” the Massachusetts Democrat said at a Washington news conference today.
He said the compensation restrictions would apply to all financial institutions and might be extended to include all U.S. companies.
The provision will be part of a broader package that would likely give the Federal Reserve the authority to monitor systemic risk in the economy and to shut down financial institutions that face too much exposure, Mr. Frank said…
Mr. Geithner said he would consider “extending at least some of the TARP provisions and features of the $500,000 cap to U.S. companies generally.”
Someone with a lot of money needs to come up with a good advertising campaign showing how he Dems were, and are still, a large part of the problem.
By , at
Fri Feb 06, 10:47:00 PM:
Chrissie:
"Be nice if you'd the bitching and pointless undercutting and come on board. Think of it as enlightened self-interest, if it makes you feel better."
Obama advisors Summers and Rivlin are on record saying this is the wrong way to go. The Congressional Budget Office agrees.
