In the vein of greedy capitalists, investment firms (similar to those Meg Whitman participated in) purchase tax debts from cash-strapped cities and counties and then evict homeowners “in the name of profit”. WWJD – kick the investors into Walmart. I found this on the Huffington Post. Investors purchased an estimated $30 billion of real estate [...]

While I personally find Meg Whitman an unappealing candidate – sweetheart personal deals from Goldman Sachs, outsourcing Ebay personnel offshore and taking adavantage of small Ebay sellers – watching her battle it out with Poizner re-emphasizes the point that the Democrats will not lose much in the mid-term elections. Whoever gets the republican nomination will [...]

“It is effectively a bribe for future services,” said Mercer Bullard, a law professor at the University of Mississippi and former Securities and Exchange Commission attorney who was not involved in the government investigation. “It was exactly the kind of thing crooked politicians engage in.” via Meg Whitman’s words put spotlight on deeds – latimes.com.