tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724181159639068489.post86710496683482126..comments2023-11-05T05:09:14.089-05:00Comments on Goldman Sachs: Information, Comments, Opinions and Facts: Goldman Sachs Links and News - December 30, 2009RobertMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960912417983904202noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724181159639068489.post-137406224637408002009-12-31T12:16:39.581-05:002009-12-31T12:16:39.581-05:00I agree with Larry in hoping the new year brings ...I agree with Larry in hoping the new year brings an end to the injustice of a corporate owned government. I see others are beginning to join the hit-em-where-it-hurts club.<br />Check out this <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/move-your-money-a-new-yea_b_406022.html" rel="nofollow">link</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Icqrx0OimSs" rel="nofollow">video.</a><br /><br />I moved my money to a credit union a few years ago before the crash, shortly after I started listening to the conference calls Mike Morgan (this site's founder) used to do. While as a single individual, it has no effect (other than making me feel better) but if enough people move their money from the too-big-to-fail banks, it can have a tremendous effect. <br />"You know, it occurs to me that the best way you hurt rich people is by turning them into poor people." Dan Akroyd from the movie Trading Places.<br />I'm gonna say something that is going to drive the low-tax folks crazy but the best times in America were when the upper 1% of Americans were held in check by <a href="" rel="nofollow">high taxes.</a> When the uber-rich are allowed to have their way with the economy, people suffer. When the incentive to make money just for the sake of making money, more money than you could ever spend is reduced and held in check with regulations and taxes, it's good for everyone. The playing field is more level, there's less corruption and powerful players can't reek havoc with the economy. I believe in capitalism and fair markets, neither of which we have now. We have a form of corporate welfare.<br />Moving your money is one solution to decreasing the power the banks have over our corrupted system of governance.RobertMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960912417983904202noreply@blogger.com