Shimkus: ‘Corporate Titans Are My Friends’
June 15, 2009 : Posted by: admin : Category: protecting wealth : Add Comment
05/20/2009: Stumbling over his talking points, global warming denier Rep. John Shimkus (R-IN) engages in a one-man debate whether corporate America is good or evil. His attempts to characterize the Waxman-Markey green economy legislation as an economy destroyer have been neutered as the bill has gained the support of a broad coalition of corporate America, poverty advocates, unions, and environmentalists. In a confused monologue, Shimkus paints himself as a defender of the little guy against corporate greed while also praising the corporations as his friends.
Transcript:
SHIMKUS: The responsibility of corporate America, especially the CEO, is to protect shareholder wealth. So they’re cutting a deal to make sure that they protect the shareholder wealth. Which goes back to the debate. We’re fighting for the ratepayer. This debate is: “Who protects the ratepayer?”
The corporate titans are my friends!
I’m a Caterpillar supporter. I’m an Exelon supporter. I’m an Ameren supporter. A lot of these companies that have negotiated deals, they support me. But I know that they’re in the room to protect shareholder wealth, the wealth of the bond holders, the wealth of the stockholders. And that’s okay.
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Tags: Caterpillar, clean energy, climate change, congress, energy, environment, Exelon, global warming, green economy, John Shimkus, News, politics, Shimkus, USCAP, Waxman-Markey
June 15th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
PFW because his …
PFW because his constituents are too lazy to think for themselves
June 15th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
i just bet they are
i just bet they are
June 15th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
Seriously.
How do …
Seriously.
How do incoherent morons like this get elected in the first place?
Facepalm.
June 15th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
republicans = GREED
republicans = GREED
June 15th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
republicans…..sad
republicans…..sad
June 15th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
By the way, if this …
By the way, if this little dick gets reelected after blatantly admitting to corruption, Illinois will become 2nd on my Hate States list.
After Florida of course. Poor, poor Florida.
June 15th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
You ignore the fact …
You ignore the fact that the rich don’t care about the future for regular people.
As long as they can windsurf off Kennebunkport and jet around Chappaquiddick, they don’t care how many people suffer from their greed.
They are sociopaths. Plain and simple.
June 15th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
Somebody needs to …
Somebody needs to explain to this greedy that climate change is INDIFFERENT TO ECONOMICS.
The climate is going to continue warming whether you’re a prince or a pauper.