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A little better economics class - Who do you think adds more to the economy on a regular basis, the 100 people employed at $50K/year each putting most of that back into the economy or the single person making $5 Million a year and spending some of it foolishly on some overpriced luxury items...

So BAM, do you pay taxes on stocks or bonds you buy? How about when you sell? Most of the wealthiest people in this nation pay only 15% on their income because profits are considered capital gains and not considered income. How would you offset your losses or don't you? Are capital gains now...

Excellent point. The real issue are those with the big fancy cars, multiple homes, and living the rich life don't consider that "good life" unless it is accompanied with $2000.00 bottles of wine, private jets, and a half dozen club memberships. So instead they lobby the Republicans to protect...

Bevo, people blame the banks and Wall Street because the banks and Wall Street created the risk that has now backfired and did so to personally profit from it. Yes people overextended themselves beyond their reach. But many of these people did not have the education required to understand...

BSAM, your logic only works if you can trust those that lead these businesses to do the right thing. To date, it has been our leaders that have failed us. 1. Bank CEO's took in huge personal rewards while destroying our economic stability. They took risk that resulted in short term...

Based on the present state of our economy, Obama has no choice but raise taxes on the single class that remains capable of paying them - the wealthy. Clearly the lower and middle class are feeling the brunt of this economic downturn fighting just to out food on a table. the wealthy, they...

This article was published late January. GE had never dipped below $10.00 before yesterday with tremendous put volume at $10.00/share. Today it has never broken $10.00 and will stay below thru the close as the investor that placed this bet is making sure it comes true. You have to wonder...

Option Traders Boost Bets GE to Drop 50% by Feb. 20 (Update1) By Jeff Kearns Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Options traders increased bets that General Electric Co., which reports quarterly results this week, will tumble by half before next month’s contracts expire. About 56,000 GE puts...

I think Charlie is just a tad jealous. From what I am told, he is not quite working with a full deck upstairs. Remember, it was not that long ago everybody was attacking CNBC for their irresponsible reporting in accelerating the panic. Gasparino and others defended their actions despite the...

jeanie, how do you feel about CNBC commentators taking their cues from these same funds and going on air being the sockpuppet to these funds? I think that if you follow closely the story unfolding on deepcapture.com you will see that the damage created by the media is as bad if not worse than...

Now is it me or is this the pot calling the kettle black? "The thing is, Greenspan is making public comments that inevitably influence public policy and the markets - and some of those comments may well have led to his clients making a nice profit. " Isn't that how CNBC commentators...

GREENSPAN'S CONFLICT GLOOM LEADS TO CLIENTS' PROFITS By CHARLES GASPARINO ALAN Greenspan showed incredible chutzpah when, just a week after resigning as chairman of the Federal Reserve, he promptly began to cash in on his fame by "earning" $250,000 from Lehman Bros. to meet with the firm's...

You are joking right? The top 400 earners in the US paid less than 20% of their income in taxes as their taxes, by percentage, was below that of the average US family. Our tax system is set up to protect the wealthy and despite having so much they still cheat the system. These people have no...

The gall these members of Congress have when looking down upon the banking CEO's when they are befriending the biggest crooks in our country and profiting from it. Madoff, Stanford, etc...created their wealth by cheating the very public Congress is commissioned to protect and instead Congress...

Amazing how this conspiracy of crooks has lingered for so long. I certainly hope the federal authorities are taking names and cleaning handcuffs.

Texas Businessman Sought Influence in Corridors of Capitol By GLENN R. SIMPSON and T.W. FARNAM WASHINGTON -- Texas businessman R. Allen Stanford, whose multibillion-dollar investment empire was ordered seized Monday by a federal judge, has long enjoyed big influence in Washington thanks...

Anaconda, please explain to me the depths they go these rabbit holes you speak of? What perils lie ahead and how you have come to know so much? What the state of the markets are and who is responsible for what. You seem very short on substance and very long on tongue. Why not be short on...

Anaconda, you have the ability to think for yourself? how you doing? Actually I think of myself as a multi-tasker. I can hammer on the banks, the SEC, and the short sighted like you all at the same time.

What in the world are you talking about? This mess we are in is centered around fraud, greed, and Wall Street irresponsibility. While the SEC is not responsible for all of these areas they certainly play a crucial part in some. If people manipulated these markets exacerbating the panic and...

With the Feds looking into Pequot and the Feds and SEC looking into SAC and Kyinkos I wonder if Cramer will call these firms out personally. So far Cramer has been careful to never name names in his rants. He likes to generalize with is TV Speak for grandstanding with no substance. I say if...