tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724181159639068489.post7347874769777727678..comments2023-11-05T05:09:14.089-05:00Comments on Goldman Sachs: Information, Comments, Opinions and Facts: The Goldman Sachs philosophyRobertMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960912417983904202noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724181159639068489.post-48314857726559606422010-03-24T21:33:23.089-04:002010-03-24T21:33:23.089-04:00So much for the trickle down...I have an idea thou...So much for the trickle down...I have an idea though...maybe goldman can pick up the garbage if sanitation layoffs come...I know its kind of redundant.<br /><br /> Mar 24, 2010 6:12 am US/Eastern<br />Massive Job Cuts Projected For NYC<br />Mayor Says If Albany Slices City Aid, As Many As 19,000 Will Be Laid Off; 3,100 Less Cops, 1,000 Less Firefighters<br />Layoffs May Be Worst In Decades; Ball In State Government's Court<br /><br />http://wcbstv.com/local/nyc.budget.cuts.2.1583545.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724181159639068489.post-28596501791683285132010-03-24T17:57:22.811-04:002010-03-24T17:57:22.811-04:00The Banker's Magazine of 1920 has an article c...The Banker's Magazine of 1920 has an article claiming it never appeared in the magazine. I haven't been able to find a copy so I couldn't say for sure, either way. However, I think the fact that people of that time felt the same way about bankers and for the same reasons makes the point of the post relevant. The history of banking in the US is fascinating. They tried over and over again to corrupt the system until they finally won with the Federal Reserve Act and just as it happened back then, they fucked things up and people are back to talking about fixing the problem.<br /><br /> Whether we do or not is up to us. If Congress won't do the right thing then they have to be voted out. The only way for the people to force their Congress,Inc representative to do the right thing is by a consensus of the masses. Talk to your friends and neighbors about this stuff. State-run banks are the first step in breaking their control. No, it doesn't address the quantity issue but that's not politically feasible at this point in time. Frankly, a little capital creation at this point is not a bad thing, that is until the benefits of state banks reduce the need for expansion. When state-run banks prove their value, a national solution will be easier to implement.RobertMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960912417983904202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724181159639068489.post-81452011742475075712010-03-24T16:23:55.779-04:002010-03-24T16:23:55.779-04:00Wow that's honest - you sure it was written by...Wow that's honest - you sure it was written by a banker? :)Kittynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724181159639068489.post-84300636138369402212010-03-24T14:42:43.596-04:002010-03-24T14:42:43.596-04:00I'm pretty sure more and more people feel this...I'm pretty sure more and more people feel this way.....<br /><br /><br />Towards A 21st Century Peasant Rising<br /><br /><br /><br />A French poet once wrote that the devil’s greatest trick was convincing the world he doesn’t exist. Funny that we can say the same thing about today’s American elite. Somehow, it is not polite, not PC to even acknowledge them as a class—much less to speak of them. We have a democracy, after all. We are all equal. Everyone has a vote. And if mere voting is not enough for you, you can shell out ten grand for a closed-door meeting with your fifteen-term career Congressman, like any other respectable person would do. Surely, there are no grounds for complaint.<br /> <br />Well, sorry but democracy means choice. In America, today, there is no real choice. The financial and corporate elites are funding both sides equally, and so they always come out ahead, no matter who is in charge. Otherwise, how is it that former Goldman Sachs Co-Chairman Robert Rubin was Clinton’s Treasury Secretary, and then former Goldman Sachs Chairman Henry Paulson was Bush’s Treasury Secretary? (And let’s not forget Goldman alumn Larry Gensler at Obama’s CFTC). Is this what you call a two party system?<br /><br />Ever heard of debt-slavery? How about feudalism? In terms of social organization, we are regressing to the Middle Ages. But don’t worry—just as in feudal times, someone will come out ahead, even further than they are already. Of course, we cannot talk about who that someone is. That would be impolitic. We are all equal, right? Only kooks and conspiracy theorists complain about something called “the elite”, accusing this class of deliberately snatching an ever-larger share of the blanket and deliberately sticking it to everyone else in systematic, organized fashion via the political process—even as our elected officials throw us a few crumbs to secure the popular vote and keep the masses from depressing the bottom line via looting and rioting.<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/ydezsqnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com