Fats cats stick it to Main Street yet again

Oct 18th, 2009 - BostonHerald

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Fats cats stick it to Main Street yet again

Outrage is brewing on Main Street at word that the Wall Street fat cats bailed out by taxpayers just a year ago are raking in $140 billion, even as average Americans lose jobs and struggle with soaring health-care costs, stagnant wages and a world of economic hurt.

Wall Street is mocking us,” Robert Weissman, president of Public Citizen, a Washington consumer group, told the Herald. He expects populist anger to build when billions in bloated bonuses are handed out later this year.

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