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'Occupy Wall Street' Giving Jon Corzine a Pass?
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Labor Notes director Mark Brenner on MF Global's collapse
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- Date Nov 1, 2011
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Labor Notes director Mark Brenner on MF Global's collapse
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Let's get back to -- F global -- when a six billion dollar of that -- with no pay off.
-- leaving the company run by -- -- Jersey governor Jon Corzine flat out broke.
So where is the outraged by the folks that Occupy Wall Street mob run support.
He is with the labor notes he joins me now aren't -- welcome the program street Petersburg thing now are you going to be.
Demonstrating in front of Jon Corzine's house after roll.
He's a very rich guy he's of the Bangkok in a 300 million dollars running Goldman Sachs -- you guys going to be Al that demonstrating out front -- Jon Corzine.
I have no idea of funds managers you're gonna demonstrating in front court -- house or not and we got plenty of targets and if you guys would do a little bit better job of giving its -- out are you gonna get him a pass of course not he lined a 1% of course he should be a target so -- he's apparently that's hard every other -- health official that's been an -- in Republican administration democratic administration of course they're right in the -- and that's the problem.
Okay he's a pro union -- -- you I don't get -- -- -- New Jersey union members they will not agree with you on now all come -- hounded.
-- -- -- whether it's like thirty wears a public sector when he went after him hold appeared.
He was the government I live in New Jersey I know about this of course was the governor of New Jersey he had a hostile relationship with the lead -- all of a labor union that's Greg craft carrier relationship ended.
He paid her off if I may use that expression of the roughly half million dollars and then went on to negotiate a contract wins that union.
As the head of the new Jersey state government.
What haven't -- -- a cat she was ousted mad at you because she was actually not doing her job.
The whole point that you're trying to get that is that somehow -- -- cozy with the Democrats or at least something like Corzine that that's absolutely wrong if you talk the members have probably Katz's union the other state workers in New Jersey.
They've been after that kind of just like there after.
Every governor is trying to slash and burn the public sector because you guys cannot confront the fact.
That if we want to have a civilized society in the 21 century we need to have a tax rate it doesn't look like 1909 need to look like.
2009 as it should be not as it actually was.
What do you make of the Long Island railroad story -- what is it 90%.
Of the Long Island railroad retirees.
Got a disability pension.
Which is now melting New York State to the tune of 300 million dollars and would have been a billion that it not -- -- big -- -- course.
All I can say if you're going into.
I'm going after corruption wherever it is because look in the end of the day we hold ourselves labor people hold ourselves to higher standard than we hold corporate -- but we know you've got light my teens you know cheat and steal for a -- which we're actually -- because of public service which -- -- examine the publishing which -- the Democrats -- Occupy Wall Street gonna.
I think they're gonna go after all would once have they gone they've gone after 19091.
Stewart -- a leading Democrats who they've gone -- Name there -- not have the politicians after the people who actually pull the strings behind the politicians -- you know Jamie -- Corzine.
You you know all of the financial.
And frankly if you got to do a better job in the picture of the office -- -- the nation via Fox News what is your budget.
No nothing is classic if you and that's why don't really know what MF global what you -- in the -- yesterday what what this company was if if the way has gone bankrupt think -- -- and this -- You know perfectly well.
That want all people on Wall Street is doing.
Is laying the -- -- blame for the crash of 2008 on the back it's.
Today on time of the bad guys you've forgotten about the politicians and the regulators and the Federer is which also contributed to getting -- of this -- -- and -- them.
That's absolutely not true on -- Have you gone -- to him.
Barney Frank deserves as much so it is every -- movement.
And who are you talking about labor movement.
It has been after every politician has not -- -- -- from occupied homes and how many years and -- -- I just -- an -- -- the black guys and you know it I'll come now and a Obama President Obama has embraced that movement because Obama is against Republicans and you give Democrats a pass what I'm gonna get on Wall Street that he's got an office on Fifth Avenue openly.
That's what this.
MF global in support behind -- school's well like -- -- got you guys I don't look like or Xena knew what it cannot expect to see the -- that if if you don't of the general of the at least in Stuart we will have a discussion about this will put it up for about it and we'll see we get bugs that got.
There's no there's no shortage of targets right we got millionaires could cut you crawl across that you that you'll put this up to a vote if you come becoming the journalists and I'll stand on your question if I.
That's not true that's actually not -- -- people -- down that that is not -- -- most -- the most democratic expression in New York we got -- most democratic expect you know -- absolutely in New York right now ordinary all right I would.
-- -- what you've got it and Margaret MacMillan -- -- great to be here the --