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Second highest donor for Obama in 2008 is Goldman Sachs at $994,795. Timothy Geithner appointed of a former Goldman Sachs lobbyist to be his chief of staff. G
by chailatte 16y ago
Second highest donor for Obama in 2008 is Goldman Sachs at $994,795.
Timothy Geithner appointed of a former Goldman Sachs lobbyist to be his chief of staff.
Goldman Sachs partner Gary Gensler is Obama’s Commodity Futures Trading Commission head
Former Chief of Staff Emanuel received nearly $80,000 in cash from Goldman Sachs during his four terms in Congress
Tom Donilon is Obama’s deputy national-security adviser. He earned just shy of $4 million representing high-profile meltdown clients including Goldman Sachs.
Nothing will happen to Goldman Sachs while this government/bank incest continue.
EDIT: 'Second highest donor'
- mkull 16y agoAccording to this list the top donor was University of Calif at 1.6MM - http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cycle=2008&cid=n00009638 http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cycle=2008&... $994,795 seems like a pitifully small number on the scale of Goldman Sachs & government donations - but I would think this is a drop in the bucket. I don't buy that ~1MM buys the administration. Wouldn't it be more likely this amount was donated simply by Goldman employees acting independently? If the amount was $100MM then yeah, I think you have a case for the conspiracy theory. It is also tough for me to believe that $80,000 buys the chief of staff. Am I off-base?
- maxxxxx 16y agoThat's the thing about lobbying. The ROI is very high.
- lotusleaf1987 16y agoThen the University of California is doing something wrong...
- chailatte 16y agoMy mistake. Correcting post to say 'second highest donor'.
- maxxxxx 16y agoThis is one of the few areas where bipartisanship works. Wall Street is the most important part of the economy no matter who is in power.