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No and if you are legitimately shocked, then you don't understand to what extent the government is infiltrated with Goldman Sachs-men. Goldman Sachs' Revolving
by pstack 15y ago
No and if you are legitimately shocked, then you don't understand to what extent the government is infiltrated with Goldman Sachs-men.
Goldman Sachs' Revolving Door: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20001981-10391695.html http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20001981-10391695.html
"A CBS News analysis of the revolving door between Goldman and government reveals at least four dozen former employees, lobbyists or advisers at the highest reaches of power both in Washington and around the world. [. . .] For example, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is a former Goldman CEO; Arthur Levitt, the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission is a now a Goldman adviser; and former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt is now a paid lobbyist for the firm. "
They then go on to list another 49 high ranking government persons who are Goldman Sachs-men.
Goldman Sachs is only one of the vile companies that have infiltrated the government and dominate all sorts of positions and committees to directly promote their own agendas (or, in some cases, bail their own companies out with trillion dollar plans after using the media to scare-monger the entire country about impending doom if we don't let the Goldman Sachs guys in the government give the Goldman Sachs guys in the company the bailout). There are plenty of other companies, too. Monsanto has a pretty heavy representation, but the list goes on and on. Just get googling and you'll spend days learning of all the unbelievable corruptions that we've been letting go on for decades. A fun one to look up is how corporate employees within the government have used their positions to fast-track things through the FDA for companies that theyw ere employees of (or became employees of as a reward, after they left the public position). Sometimes, even directly against the advice and complaint of the FDA's own scientists. Look up stuff like the rBGH, aspartame, round-up ready monsanto corn seeds, and manipulating data and fast-tracking FDA approvals for companies officials have been cozy with.
There are plenty of other examples that I'm probably not even aware of. These are just some of the most documented and commonly covered.
- coolgeek 15y agoIt's called regulatory capture. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture Also note the closely related concept of intellectual capture, which is why nobody in the government or the media (except Taibbi and a handful of others) is pissed off about this.