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I have ranted for a long time about the corruption at Goldman Sachs, mostly to deaf ears. :) This is the tip of the iceberg, as far as I am concerned. My bigg

I have ranted for a long time about the corruption at Goldman Sachs, mostly to deaf ears. :) This is the tip of the iceberg, as far as I am concerned. My bigger concern is how involved GS is with our government. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/business/19gold.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/business/19gold.html?pagew... As it turns out, the human race is extremely intelligent and wherever there is an opportunity to make money (corrupt or not), people are probably doing it. I would call it a conspiracy theory, if it were not occurring in plain site. Exactly which Americans approved of the multibillion dollar bailout, show of hands?

gavanwoolery 15y ago
Sigh. Learn reddiquette people - downvoting is for irrelevant comments - not necessarily comments that you just disagree with. http://www.reddit.com/help/reddiquette http://www.reddit.com/help/reddiquette If you disagree with me, that is cool - just leave a comment telling me why. If you think my comment is irrelevant for some reason, also let me know why. Edit: More appropriately -- http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- panacea 15y ago
  Didn't mod you, but I think you're looking for this: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - gavanwoolery 15y ago
    Thanks, that is more relevant :)
jpdoctor 15y ago
> My bigger concern is how involved GS is with our government. I agree: This deserves a great deal more attention. Hell, just the Henry Paulson tax giveaway should have caused civil unrest.
- TheFuture 15y ago
  "tax" giveaway? It's all borrowed money anyway, not actual tax revenue. Drop in the bucket compared with the rest of the federal budget, and most of it was paid back.
  - jpdoctor 15y ago
    > It's all borrowed money anyway, not actual tax revenue. Huh? How is forgiven taxes not tax revenue? http://www.marketwatch.com/story/paulson-files-to-sell-500-mln-in-goldman-stock?siteid=google&dist=TNMostMailed http://www.marketwatch.com/story/paulson-files-to-sell-500-m... If Hank paid the taxes anyway, I can't imagine that scumbag would have done so without major PR and fanfare.

gavanwoolery 15y ago

Sigh. Learn reddiquette people - downvoting is for irrelevant comments - not necessarily comments that you just disagree with. http://www.reddit.com/help/reddiquette http://www.reddit.com/help/reddiquette If you disagree with me, that is cool - just leave a comment telling me why. If you think my comment is irrelevant for some reason, also let me know why. Edit: More appropriately -- http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

panacea 15y ago
Didn't mod you, but I think you're looking for this: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- gavanwoolery 15y ago
  Thanks, that is more relevant :)

jpdoctor 15y ago

> My bigger concern is how involved GS is with our government. I agree: This deserves a great deal more attention. Hell, just the Henry Paulson tax giveaway should have caused civil unrest.

TheFuture 15y ago
"tax" giveaway? It's all borrowed money anyway, not actual tax revenue. Drop in the bucket compared with the rest of the federal budget, and most of it was paid back.
- jpdoctor 15y ago
  > It's all borrowed money anyway, not actual tax revenue. Huh? How is forgiven taxes not tax revenue? http://www.marketwatch.com/story/paulson-files-to-sell-500-mln-in-goldman-stock?siteid=google&dist=TNMostMailed http://www.marketwatch.com/story/paulson-files-to-sell-500-m... If Hank paid the taxes anyway, I can't imagine that scumbag would have done so without major PR and fanfare.