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WT Sharpe · 07-22-2010, 07:21 AM

.....What you need to know is the big picture: If America is circling the drain, Goldman Sachs has found a way to be that drain — an extremely unfortunate loophole in the system of Western democratic capitalism, which never foresaw that in a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy.
..........— Matthew C. "Matt" Taibbi (1970 - ), American journalist. "The Great American Bubble Machine: From tech stocks to high gas prices, Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression — and they're about to do it again," RollingStone Politics section (Apr 05, 2010). Source: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/12697/64796.

07-22-2010, 07:21 AM	#243
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	.....What you need to know is the big picture: If America is circling the drain, Goldman Sachs has found a way to be that drain — an extremely unfortunate loophole in the system of Western democratic capitalism, which never foresaw that in a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy. ..........— Matthew C. "Matt" Taibbi (1970 - ), American journalist. "The Great American Bubble Machine: From tech stocks to high gas prices, Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression — and they're about to do it again," RollingStone Politics section (Apr 05, 2010). Source: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/12697/64796.