Goldman Sachs congratulates Hillary

[LiberalArkie]

[Paper Roses]

1. 'Nuff said. n/t

[UglyGreed]

2. .

[ElliotCarver]

26. HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA +100000

[PatrynXX]

27. seeing plenty of fake shit over the years

does it matter? no source = not real but it's a fact thats kinda different. okay fine opinion but like I said what damn difference does it make

[UglyGreed]

37. IMO Sometimes

ya gotta have a laugh or two.

[840high]

59. heheee

[beam me up scottie]

3. Is this real?

[azurnoir]

5. I tried Google didn't get much but

what I got as Googles best guess was priceless "Goldman Sac's asset management"

[beam me up scottie]

7. I got links to some of her speaking gigs there, $200K a pop.

They know who's got their backs.

[ebayfool]

16. And she gave them the discount rate! Colleges got held up for $300,000! n/t

[dorkzilla]

24. Highly doubt this is real

As one of my old Aunties was found of saying "'tis not the done thing".

[nichomachus]

4. Clear-eyed understanding of how our system works

What a damning statement -- especially from an outfit that makes sure the system works only for the 1 percent. Apparently, they are expecting Hillary to keep that anti-worker engine chugging along.

[Uncle Joe]

6. "Money"

Thanks for the thread, LiberalArkie.

[whatchamacallit]

8. I'd be shocked if it was real

GS, like HRC, want to keep their relationship low key. I can't imagine they'd rock their own gravy boat.

[UglyGreed]

11. Until it is time to appoint positions

in our government that is

[whatchamacallit]

13. Exactly n/t

[DanTex]

9. Is this official Bernie campaign material? He seems to misappropriate logos and falsely claim

endorsements so frequently that it's sometimes hard to tell his actual campaign from his online fan base.

[roguevalley]

17. says no one ever

[tecelote]

25. Real or not, it's not unrealistic.

Obviously, not "official" from Bernie's camp.

Parody or not, just the fact that no one knows shows how poignant it is.

As a Hillary supporter, you come second. She's looking out for #1 and that's not you. In fact, #2 is the 1% and you come after that.

Bernie did not make his fortune from Wall Street and he puts us at #1.

That's why his revolution is a success. It's about us.

[DanTex]

31. Hmm. What fraction of Hillary's fortune do you think came from Wall Street?

[tecelote]

33. Here, I Googled it...

Wall Street has made Hillary Clinton a millionaire
http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/13/investing/hillary-clinton-wall-street/

"Clinton made $3.15 million in 2013 alone from speaking to firms like Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and UBS, according to the list her campaign released of her speaking fees."

The Clintons' web of wealth
http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/6/hillary-bill-clintonwealthspeakerfees.html

"The Wall Street payments were significant in that they represented a form of gratitude not only for Bill Clinton’s deregulation of Wall Street. That year Hillary Clinton, now a senator from New York, voted for a bankruptcy bill that made it much harder for people to qualify for Chapter 7 bankruptcy; the bill was backed primarily by banks and credit card issuers."

[DanTex]

34. So the fraction is?

[tecelote]

35. That's your question, I gave you the resources if you want the answer.

What we know is that Wall Street has been very important in the past. BUT... today, your vote is very important. After the elections are over, Wall Street will be back. You will be dirt.

[merrily]

39. You were very nice to provide links. I would not have.

[tecelote]

42. I usually wouldn't but it was just too easy.

Who doesn't know that Wall Street made the Clinton's rich?

Stinky tripe for sure.

[merrily]

45. Here's what I think of most requests for links.

Most of them assume the poster asked for one will not provide any and therefore look bad for no reason whatsoever.

If a link is provided, the poster who requested it will simply pick apart the source and/or the content.

If he or she can't pick apart the source and/or the content, he or she will scatter silently. They won't thank you or apologize for challenging you when you were right.

Meanwhile, the poster who provided the link will never get back the time spent finding and posting one or more links. Life is too short and precious.

I enjoy posting, but I don't enjoy posting games. And that is what I find most requests for links on this board to be, just a mindless posting game.

[tecelote]

48. Great points! Totally agree.

But, kind of funny since the title of my latest reply was "Links?"

Yeah, this whole fraction thing is a distraction from the fact that we all know she is beholden.

Tactics can't hide the truth.

[merrily]

50. I've asked for links, too. However, I try to remember to say thanks and, if they prove me wrong, I

acknowledge it. I've apologized for my mistakes any number of times during my posting career. I've received damned few apologies--and not because I failed to provide links that proved I was right.

I am not asking insincerely. Also, I will most often go a quick google myself before even asking for a link. If I find something, I don't ask at all. Then again, as I said, I don't enjoy posting games.

[DanTex]

44. So you won't/can't answer. Her net worth is 50-100M. That makes the fraction 3-6%.

Lower, in fact, since half of the money she earned from those speeches went to taxes, and some was contributed to charity.

Are you sure you want to go with the "owned by Wall Street" nonsense? My advice is to try and find something that's even slightly backed by facts.

[tecelote]

46. Links?

Or, just you saying it's so?

[DanTex]

49. First google hit.

Hillary $30M, Bill $80M, joint $110M. The Wall Street money was peanuts.
http://moneynation.com/hillary-clinton-net-worth/

[tecelote]

51. Oh my! It does not answer the question but it has this gem...

"Compared to the average American household, Hillary Clinton’s net worth is 459 times larger. "

That's Hillary's net worth separated from her family's (Bill).

There's your fraction! We're worth just over .005.

If my math is correct. Can you help there? If she is worth 459 times the average of us, what are we worth?

Yeah, she understand the average American.

[DanTex]

54. Changing the subject. Typical Bernie fan move.

I get it, you can't bring yourself to accept that the fraction of her wealth that came from Wall Street is tiny.

Thing is, in the Bernie bubble, ignoring facts works great. But it's really not that big a bubble. Caveat Emptor.

[tecelote]

56. Link?

So you say and I do not just accept it.

'Typical Bernie supporter expecting the truth.

[DanTex]

57. Umm, I just gave you one. LOL. Are you really going to pretend that you don't

remember a post from 10 minutes ago?

I've had a lot of experience with Bernie fans, but I gotta be honest, this is new!

[tecelote]

58. I told you earlier, your own link does not answer YOUR question. No proof, just your say so still.

What fraction? It doesn't say. You say it's a fraction but what vague number are you talking about?

We know Hillary is beholden to Wall Street. How beholden is yours to prove, not mine.

Bernie's is 0. No fraction there.

[DanTex]

60. Oh, I see. You don't understand division. No worries, I get this a lot from Bernie fans.

If you can't do it by hand, pull out a calculator, or just use the calculator on your computer. First type in the $3M that she earned from speeches to financial firms. (Never mind subtracting the taxes and charitable contributions, that's very advanced). Then hit the "/" key. And then type in the $110M which is the Clintons' net worth. Finally, press the "enter" key. It might have an "=" symbol.

You can do it!

[tecelote]

61. Good night.

[DanTex]

62. Always a good time! And don't give up if you don't get it the first time!

[merrily]

38. Her nuclear family: Hillary, Bill and Chelsea. Wall Street enriched them all-& Chelsea's husband.

Fraction, my ass. What an utterly disingenuous question. They didn't amass hundreds of millions of dollars on Bill or Hillary's government paychecks.

[ChiciB1]

41. I Don't Think Bernie Is A Millionaire. Heard Others

saying this before, but didn't Google it. Thom Hartmann also said it. But, I did't check it myself personally.

[tecelote]

43. I believe you are right.

His focus has been honest and consistent and he serving in the government is not about money.

Very few like him in government. A true gem.

[merrily]

63. If, after working for over a half century, he managed to amass one million, I don't care anyway.

Money alone is not the issue, not even in the New Testament, but the love of money, aka what you are willing to do to make money, your priorities, greed, etc.

Bernie seems to be to be okay by all those standards and also very willing to pay his fair share of taxes.

[ChiciB1]

64. Nailed It merrily... Just Didn't Want THIS To

be an issue. Tried the other place to post... SO CONFUSING. Hectic time for me right now. Will keep at it.

I have to say that as one who jumped on board with Bernie before he announced I'm so, so extremely happy to see what he's been able to do!

Feelin The Bern, BIG TIME!

[merrily]

65. I backed him before he announced as well.

Made my first donation under a week before his informal announcement in May.

[merrily]

36. OMG. What stinky tripe.

[Snotcicles]

12. They forgot the last three words " for the wealthy" nt

[global1]

14. She Sure Has A Clear-Eyed Understanding Of How Our Great American System Works

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

15. "...how our great American system works."

Yep. Payoffs, bribes, favors, checkbooks, "donations", power.

Alas, for GS and Hillary, a lot of Americans do understand how the "great American system works" and don't like it.

[GeorgeGist]

18. Cleared-eyed understanding of how our great American system works.

Priceless.

[ErikJ]

19. American system: Legalized bribery and corruption

American politicians for sale to highest bidder. Thanks GOP.

[navarth]

20. If this is verifiable

I said 'if'...then it's really bad. Really, really bad.

[Feeling the Bern]

21. I await any HRC supporter to defend this. Don't give me third party did this.

They even say they are a "proud supporter." Come on, HRC supporters, explain in simple terms how or why she will regulate Wall Street at all.

[Fumesucker]

47. "Proud supporter" is a bit of a giveaway

I've read that once or twice in GD-P

[Fawke Em]

22. Is this real?

Because, if it is, this should be filed in the dictionary under "tone deaf."

[secondwind]

23. how quaint

[Enrique]

28. i don't like this kind of "satire"

it aims to fool people, not make a point.

[people]

29. Congratulations from Goldman Sachs

If I were Hillary not what I would want now.

[sabrina 1]

30. Lol, not to worry, she took it because they offered it and she's going to go after Goldman

Sachs, or maybe just tell !

I don't believe in Santa Clause, though I like the concept of giving.

And I don't believe you get millions of dollars from people just because you show up to make a speech with no strings attached.

[merrily]

32. LOL! Here's hoping J.P. Morgan, Citigroup and the rest weigh in on this important election.

[merrily]

40. The Opening Post should have some indication of the sarcastic nature of the post. JMO

[Kip Humphrey]

52. "I'm Bernie Sanders and I approve this ad".

[mike_c]

53. thanks for her "clear eyed understanding about how the American system works."

Pigs.

[hifiguy]

55. Oh, yay, she's been endorsed

By goddam Dracula. Some accomplishment.