Elizabeth Warren slams JPMorgan Chase for giving a raise to CEO Jamie Dimon

Absolutely amazing! Just like maintaining the salaries for attorney general’s or their assistant attorneys when they file false claims! It is ludicrous.

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Elizabeth Warren slams JPMorgan Chase for giving a raise to CEO Jamie Dimon

Speaking during a Senate Banking Committee hearing, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren noted how government regulators have much work to do when it comes to changing the culture of Wall Street, pointing specifically to the example of JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.

The JPMorgan Chase example is simple and instructive: Despite the fact that the megabank spent much of 2013 negotiating with federal regulators, and ultimately was fined billions of dollars, the board decided to increase CEO Jamie Dimon’s compensation to $20 million.

The raise is very real, but it should be kept in mind that Dimon’s annual compensation had beenpreviously slashed in half, to $11.5 million, as punishment for 2012′s so-called London Whale fiasco, which cost the bank billions.

After a reportedly heated debate — in which some members argued Dimon’s compensation should remain at…

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Hank Paulson Trusts Neither Wall Street Nor Washington

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By Larry Doyle on February 6, 2014

Do you ever wonder if those who ‘find religion’ late in life so to speak are trying to conveniently cleanse their souls before making their way to the pearly gates?

I think in the case of public officials, it is fair to ask if the ‘cleansing process’ is done for purposes of resurrecting an image or if the individual is truly engaging in a meaningful transformation. Continue reading