Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Bashing Goldman Sachs Is Simply a Game for Fools



Bashing Goldman Sachs Is Simply a Game for Fools
By Michael Lewis - Jul 27, 2009
Bloomberg Opinion
www.bloomberg.com


America stands at a crossroads, and Goldman Sachs now owns both of them. In choosing which road to take, ordinary Americans must not be distracted by unproductive resentment toward the toll-takers. To that end we at Goldman Sachs would like to dispel several false and insidious rumors.

Rumor No. 1: Goldman Sachs controls the U.S. government.

Every time we hear the phrase the United States of Goldman Sachs we shake our heads in wonder. Every ninth-grader knows that the U.S. government consists of three branches. Goldman owns just one of these outright; the second we simply rent, and the third we have no interest in at all. (Note there isn't a single former Goldman employee on the Supreme Court.)

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