It’s a good read, but lengthy and so I’m just going to show you the intro and let you go to their site to read the entire thing. Just click on the title to read it (ht Xleland):
The Great American Bubble Machine
Matt Taibbi on how Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression
MATT TAIBBI
Posted Jul 02, 2009In Rolling Stone Issue 1082-83, Matt Taibbi takes on "the Wall Street Bubble Mafia" — investment bank Goldman Sachs. The piece has generated controversy, with Goldman Sachs firing back that Taibbi's piece is "an hysterical compilation of conspiracy theories" and a spokesman adding, "We reject the assertion that we are inflators of bubbles and profiteers in busts, and we are painfully conscious of the importance in being a force for good." Taibbi shot back: "Goldman has its alumni pushing its views from the pulpit of the U.S. Treasury, the NYSE, the World Bank, and numerous other important posts; it also has former players fronting major TV shows. They have the ear of the president if they want it." Here, now, are excerpts from Matt Taibbi's piece and video of Taibbi exploring the key issues.
What I really want you to see and understand is Goldman’s influence and relationship to politics. THIS RELATIONSHIP IS OUT OF CONTROL AND NEEDS TO BE SEVERED. While all the video links in the above article are good, I want you to pay attention to what Matt is saying in the following videos (I wish I could embed those videos, but I cannot):
Goldman in the Government…
Goldman’s Influence…
Goldman’s Appology…

His punishment for this high treason? Appointment to the Secretary Treasurer’s position where he proceeded to funnel taxpayer funds to the banks and through bankrupt entities such as AIG to Goldman. This is blatant MONEY LAUNDERING. Paulson is a traitor to his country and should be put on trial as such.
Here’s an interview with Taibbi on the Business News Network: Interview with Matt Taibbi…

They are the prime example of why America needs a Constitutional Amendment that separates corporations and their money from politics.
It used to be that only comedians could get away with telling the truth. Now it’s in the Rolling Stone. Watch out when the general public finally becomes aware of what’s happening to their country and their way of life.
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