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Glen Beck On Goldman Sachs: The Biggest Crooks In The Room

July 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics, Money and Markets

Jeff Skilling, Bernie Ebbers and Dennis Kozlowski are all rotting in jail.
Why?
Because they cooked the books, took millions in compensation on earnings that only existed on paper, over-valued assets, and manipulated markets.
Their real crime?
They weren’t Goldman Sachs.
Here’s a great clip from yesterday’s Glen Beck show in which he laid out the step by [...]

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The Genius of Goldman?

July 14th, 2009 · 45 Comments · Politics, Money and Markets

The Genius of Goldman?
What’s up with the mainstream media acolytes who keep
aluding to the genius of Goldman Sachs?
What genius?
If it wasn’t for their former CEO Hank Paulson bankrupting
their competition (Bear and Lehman) and then extorting
Congress behind closed doors under the threat of martial law,
they wouldn’t even be in business today.
Does having your former CEO [...]

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Bailout: Main Street’s message to Wall Street & Washington…

September 30th, 2008 · 5 Comments · The Fed & US Treasury Policy

We don’t believe you.
Not a single word you say.
Why?
Do the words “read my lips - no new taxes” ring a bell?
We didn’t believe you when you said - “the credit crisis is well contained.”
We didn’t believe you when you said - “the worst is now behind us.”
We didn’t believe you when you told us the [...]

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Did Warren Buffett just cut in line ahead of US Taxpayers?

September 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Politics, Money and Markets

If Buffett gets 10% on his $5b for Goldman, what rate of return do the
US Taxpayers deserve on their $700b+ that’s going to go to lesser
quality banks?
And come to think about it, with the DOW up over 100 points
on the news last night, and with Asian banks up today, with
everyone from Buffett to Asian Banks [...]

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