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Goldman Sachs
- Federal taxpayer bailout funds received: $63.6 billion
- Profits for the years 1996-2010: $76.2 billion
- Profits since bailout (2009-2010): $21.7 billion
- 2010 CEO Lloyd Blankfein pay: $13.2 million
- 2010 bonuses and compensation: $15.4 billion
- Bonuses and compensation for top 5 execs last 10 years: $1.0 billion
- Offshore subsidiaries in tax havens: 29
- Lobbying since bailout (2009-2010): $11.2 million
- Political contributions in 2008 & 2010 federal elections: $8.4 million
Morgan Stanley
- Federal taxpayer bailout funds received: Coming soon!
- Profits for the years 1996-2010: Coming soon!
- Profits since bailout (2009-2010): Coming soon!
Citigroup
- Federal taxpayer bailout funds received: $341.1 billion
- Profits for the years 1996-2010: $226.1 billion
- Profits since bailout (2009-2010): $9 billion
- Bank account fees in 2010: $657 million
- Card interchange fee income for 2010: $2.5 billion
- Bank teller wage: $12.30/hour ($25,584/year)
- 2008-2010 CEO Vikram Pandit pay: $10.8 million
- 2010 bonuses and compensation: $24.4 billion
- Bonuses and compensation for top 5 execs last 10 years: $699.1 million
- Income taxes owed in 2009: $0
- Offshore subsidiaries in tax havens: 427
- Lobbying since bailout (2009-2010): $16.3 million
- Political contributions in 2008 & 2010 federal elections: $7.8 million
Bank of America
- Federal taxpayer bailout funds received: $199 billion
- Bank teller wage: $11.11/hour ($23,108/year)
- 2010 CEO Brian Moynihan pay: $10 million
- 2010 bonuses and compensation: $35.1 billion
- Income taxes owed in 2009: $0
- Offshore subsidiaries in tax havens: 143
- Lobbying since bailout (2009-2010): $8.5 million
- Political contributions in 2008 & 2010 federal elections: $9.5 million
JPMorgan Chase
- Federal taxpayer bailout funds received: $100.7 billion
- Profits since bailout (2009-2010): $29.1 billion
- Bank teller wage: $10.77/hour ($22,391/year)
- 2009 CEO Jamie Dimon pay: $17.5 million
- Projected annual dividend for CEO Jamie Dimon: $6 million
- 2010 bonuses and compensation: $28.4 billion
- Bonuses and compensation for top 5 execs last 10 years: $804.2 million
- Homes in foreclosure in lending or servicing portfolio: $74.0 billion
- Offshore subsidiaries in tax havens: 5312
- Lobbying expenses since bailout (2009-2010): $15.7 million
- Political contributions in 2008 & 2010 federal elections: $9.7 million
Wells Fargo
- Federal taxpayer bailout funds received: $36.9 billion
- Profits for the years 1996-2010: $101.8 billion
- Profits since bailout (2009-2010): $24.6 billion
- Bank account fees in 2010: $4.9 billion
- Credit card fee income for 2010: $3.7 billion
- Wells Fargo bank teller wage: $10.63/hour ($22,100/year)
- 2010 CEO John Stumpf stock bonus: $12.3 million
- 2010 bonuses and compensation: $27.2 billion
- Bonuses and compensation for top 5 execs last 10 years: $345.5 million
- Offshore subsidiaries in tax havens: $77
- Political contributions in 2008 & 2010 federal elections: $7.0 million
- Lobbying since bailout (2009-2010): $9.7 million
- Total Lobbying Expenses (2008-2010): $11.04 million
- Total Federal Income Taxes paid (2008-2010): -$681 million
Verizon
- Total profits (2008-10): $32.5 billion
- Total Lobbying Expenses (2008-10): $52.3 million
- Total Federal Income taxes paid (2008-10): -$951 million
- Despite soaring profits, refuse to negotiate a fair contract for 50,000 Verizon workers
Committee to Save New York
The Committee to Save New York is a front group for billionaires and big business interests looking for tax cuts and handouts from Governor Andrew Cuomo. The Committee came together to support Cuomo's 2011 austerity budget and is currently fighting the millionaire's extension. The Committee is funded by billionaires like the Speyer family. The Speyers took a massive bailout from the Federal Reserve in 2010, celebrated it as "great news," then busied themselves funding the destruction of the safety net that protects the 99% in New York.
Business Council of New York State
The Business Council of New York State is a coalition of big business interests in New York State that has prioritized winning a tax cut for millionaires (and other fun things, like fracking). The Business Council is led by David F. Smith, the CEO of gas utility and fracker National Fuel. Smith's hometown newspaper, the Buffalo News, has called him "clueless about community" and compared him to Tony Soprano.
REBNY
The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) is the lobbying arm of New York City's billionaire landlords. REBNY, led by president Steve Spinola, stands up for high-minded ideals like endless tax breaks for wealthy developers to build headquarters for big banks. REBNY is a key force opposing the millionaire's tax extension.
Partnership for New York City
Don't be confused by the pleasant-sounding name: the Partnership for New York City is a group of big business CEOs, led by too-big-to-fail bankers like JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon. The Partnership's philosophy is summarized in a recent quote from president Kathy Wylde: "Wall Street is Our Main Street." The one percent's, that is. Wylde and the Partnership do everything they can to avoid taxes, score bailouts, and stick it to the 99%.
Manhattan Institute
The Manhattan Institute is the austerity-mongers policy arm, manufacturing sham arguments about how the millionaire's tax will harm New York State in order to put a few extra dollars in the pockets of their masters. The Institute's board is chaired by billionaire vulture investor Paul Singer and includes oh-so-successful businessmen like Maurice Greenberg, the former CEO of bailout-sponge AIG.
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