It appears that Wall Street is not acting as a force for economic expansion, providing access to capital for companies that make things. Rather, it seems, Wall Street is using government bailouts to lever up.
I lost relatives to AIDS, a couple of my closest cousins. I lost friends to AIDS, high-school friends who never even made it to their 21st birthdays in the '80s. When it's that close to you, you can't really deny it, and you can't run from it.
Greg Akcelrod, Actor (1982) |
Anastacia, Musician (1973) |
Anne Bancroft, Actress (1931) |
Orlando Cepeda, (1937) |
Paul Feig, Director (1962) |
Phil Jackson, Coach (1945) |
Paula Jones, Celebrity (1966) |
Ken Kesey, Author (1935) |
Christian Lous Lange, Politician (1869) |
Spiro T. Agnew, Politician (1996) |
Richard Owen Cambridge, Poet (1802) |
Walter Savage Landor, Poet (1864) |