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40. Which is why thls little buddy-buddy pic

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Thu May 7, 2015, 02:32 PM

May 2015

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In case anyone forgot Goldman Sachs sold worthless mortgages as AAA investments [View all] think May 2015 OP

After bribing rating agencies to rate them AAA, House of Roberts May 2015 #1

Sad isn't it? The question is who in our govt is working to prevent this from happening again? think May 2015 #2

O'Malley enacted some of the nation’s most comprehensive reforms to protect homeowners from FSogol May 2015 #3

TY for the input. Was not aware of O'Malley's positions on this. think May 2015 #5

Nice article. Enthusiast May 2015 #25

+5. This is good to know about O'Malley. Thanks- appalachiablue May 2015 #35

Every American needs to read... Whiskeytide May 2015 #4

Thanks. Sounds like one I need to read. America really got sucker punched by these guys... /nt think May 2015 #7

I highly recommend it, but... Whiskeytide May 2015 #8

I had a feeling it may raise my blood pressure think May 2015 #10

The Big Short is a great read el_bryanto May 2015 #11

You're right - Lewis focused... Whiskeytide May 2015 #12

I have read none of these; but, will pick up ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2015 #30

I think you are right el_bryanto May 2015 #32

So that is the starting point ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2015 #34

IMO Prison is one of the few things a CEO might fear. One_Life_To_Give May 2015 #38

No, they fear being POOR far more ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2015 #39

Any of Matt Taibbi's books are excellent dixiegrrrrl May 2015 #51

I've read a lot of Matt's works ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2015 #54

I just reread "The Big Short" again last week. longship May 2015 #13

I second that. Very readable, not at all difficult to get thru. dixiegrrrrl May 2015 #29

I haven't read The Flash Boys... Whiskeytide May 2015 #31

I read the Flash Boys and then re-read it. dixiegrrrrl May 2015 #41

And I seem to remember one of our potental Democratic POTUS nominees... 99Forever May 2015 #6

Unfortunately you are correct /nt think May 2015 #9

HRC's undersecretary for economic growth was a former Goldman Sachs vice chair antigop May 2015 #18

Good thing you can't remember, otherwise you'd be gang-tackled erronis May 2015 #28

Here is some fun...look up how many Goldman Sachs folks are/have been in current admin. dixiegrrrrl May 2015 #43

True, but in the days of FDR and Truman, hifiguy May 2015 #46

Interesting! ibewlu606 May 2015 #14

Don't worry our Crack Justice Department will see the Evil-doers are dealt with One_Life_To_Give May 2015 #15

They should have been punished Omaha Steve May 2015 #16

About thirty years of making big rocks hifiguy May 2015 #45

Fill the prisons with the 99% so there's no room for these crooks. mountain grammy May 2015 #17

But... but...but...! gregcrawford May 2015 #19

Recommended and bookmarked for the whole thread. Duppers May 2015 #20

That our government officials have allowed fraud to go unchecked Madmiddle May 2015 #21

Politicians should be embarrassed to be associated with these banks. Enthusiast May 2015 #22

Yeah, that's it, the banks were just trying to recify redlining because they care and appalachiablue May 2015 #36

I just encountered a guy on Facebook that made that exact claim. Enthusiast May 2015 #49

My blood pressure went up, even more! Yes this really stuck, the financial Media, esp. appalachiablue May 2015 #50

Excellent OP & thread contributions. All of you who have recommendations of reading ought to post mother earth May 2015 #23

Through credit default swaps they made money selling failure. Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #24

Goldman Sachs Reports Highest Profits in Five Years jtuck004 May 2015 #26

K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast May 2015 #27

They also hedged their bets by throwing their own customers under the bus AgingAmerican May 2015 #33

Excellent post and replies, thank you. Keep this KICKED! appalachiablue May 2015 #37

Which is why thls little buddy-buddy pic hifiguy May 2015 #40

Nice ...and note the Clinton Foundation plak in the background. L0oniX May 2015 #52

A picture is worth about 10,000 words in this case. nt hifiguy May 2015 #53

Well they were nice enough to give Hillary $250,000 just to talk to them. L0oniX May 2015 #42

Financial ignorance at its finest econoclast May 2015 #44

Perhaps you'd like to explain it to the people in the thread who have read it. think May 2015 #47

It took Lewis an entire book econoclast May 2015 #48