Wall Street executives: your fancy drapes are history!

6:30 p.m.: Supporting banks, loosening up the credit markets, says President Obama, is "not about helping banks, it's about helping people." And, he says, "we cannot afford to govern out of anger," a jab at those who would criticize his plan to help homeowners who have found themselves facing foreclosure due to their own bad decisions.

Obama strikes a populist note: "This time, CEOs won't be able to use taxpayer money to pad their paychecks or buy fancy drapes or disappear on a private jet. Those days are over."

Sacrifice is the name of the game, he says, "and that includes me," though it's not clear at all how Obama himself plans to sacrifice to help the nation get back on its feet.

-- Robin Abcarian

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Comments

[David Meyer]

While I don't think the President's aim was to slight the custom drapery industry I would like to point out that in the USA the custom draperies are made but American workers and not imported. Many work out of their homes in their own sewing rooms. I paid for my college by installing custom draperies in peoples homes. I am now in that industry and our clients are people who support American workers.

Ready made draperies are now almost all imported. If you buy ready made draperies from a big box store I sincerely doubt if it will say "Made in the USA."