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>This seems like prosecutorial abuse. Goldman gives a lot of money to political campaigns (#1 donor to Obama[1], #2 to Romney[2] in last election). NY mayor Mi
by mcantelon 14y ago
>This seems like prosecutorial abuse.
Goldman gives a lot of money to political campaigns (#1 donor to Obama[1], #2 to Romney[2] in last election). NY mayor Michael Bloomberg seems to fawn over Goldman[3], offering $1.65B in tax breaks for them to set up an office at Ground Zero[4]. My guess is Goldman's gold, regardless of the means in which they've acquired it, is a significant factor to Manhattnan DA's sudden interest in prosecuting white collar crime.
[1] http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cid=N00009638 http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cid=N00009638
[2] http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/contrib.php?id=N00000286 http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/contrib.php?id=N00000286
[3] http://www.salon.com/2012/03/16/mayor_bloomberg_personally_cheers_up_goldman_sachs/ http://www.salon.com/2012/03/16/mayor_bloomberg_personally_c...
[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bloomberg#Economic_issues http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bloomberg#Economic_issu...