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America's Ten Most Corrupt Capitalists

Zach Carter, AlterNet. May 13, 2010.

Wall Street's captains of industry and top policymakers in Washington are often the same people. A lot of them get rich by playing for both teams.

Hightower: Washington Overrun by 11,000 Corporate Lobbyists and $500 Million in Corrupting Donations

Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown. April 29, 2010.

We need to focus on those shadowy players who're pulling the strings from behind the scenes to impose their special interest over America's public interest.

Michael Moore: Madoff Is a Convenient Distraction for a Bunch of Crooks Who Aren't in Jail

Michael Moore, Time Magazine. May 2, 2009.

Had Madoff just followed the example of his fellow tycoons, he could have legally multiplied his wealth many times over, legally.

The Five Most Wanted Rip-off Artists from Wall Street and Washington

Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown. November 3, 2008.

Our economy didn't melt down, it was taken down the unbridled greed of economic elites, enabled by their political courtesans in Washington.

John McCain: Economic Disaster

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films AlterNet: Election 2008. September 30, 2008.

McCain can't fix the economic crisis he helped cause.

McCain Enabled Our Economic Meltdown

Robert Scheer, Truthdig. September 18, 2008.

McCain voted for abolishing all of the significant rules put in place at the time of the Great Depression designed to prevent a repeat.

Some More Great Quotes From Phil "Nation of Whiners" Gramm

dday, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. September 2, 2008.

Please keep talking Phil.

Phil Gramm Returns to McCain's Side

Faiz Shakir, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. August 15, 2008.

Apparently they think that was enough time for America to forget that he called us a "nation of whiners."

The Loathsome Hypocrisy of Sean Hannity

DJK, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. July 28, 2008.

Why FOX didn't go after Phil Gramm.

McCain Credits Bush's Voodoo Magic For Lower Oil Prices

Jurassicpork, Brilliant at Breakfast AlterNet: PEEK. July 24, 2008.

"Amazingly, according to John McCain, George W. Bush is still our savior whenever luck infrequently wafts our way like a fragrant fart."

GOP Brags That McCain Will Continue Bush's Economic Legacy

David Sirota, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. July 16, 2008.

Debating Bush's awful tax policies on FOX News.

Phil Gramm's Self-Help Seminar: Stop Whining, Get Off Your Fat Ass, and Imagine Yourself Rich!

ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. July 15, 2008.

How to recover from a "mental" recession.

'Foreclosure Phil' Gramm: How John McCain's Closest Economic Advisor Helped Engineer the Morgage Crisis

Democracy Now!, Democracy Now! AlterNet: PEEK. July 9, 2008.

Journalists Nomi Prins and David Corn discuss the housing crisis and its link to the lobbyist writing McCain's economic policy.

Could McCain Have Come Up with a More Ill-Suited Economic Advisor Than Phil Gramm?

Patricia Kilday Hart, Texas Observer. June 18, 2008.

McCain is relying on a self-described "political zealot" who helped bring you the mortgage crisis for economic advice.