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Goldman Sachs Bringing Obnoxious Bankers Back

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Foster Kamer
07/15/09

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Wait, how's Goldman so smug? They made shitloads of money and are paying out the people who made it - regardless of how much or little work they did, effectively - as such. They have to report bonuses, otherwise, they probably wouldn't tout this stuff. I wouldn't go so far to say "smug" as I would simply "paid as fuck." For their top earners to not be paid in proportion with what they help bring in and to keep that money at the very top...would be smug. I'd bring pageview bonuses into this, but unless I'm throwing some dark-SEO magic worthy terms in here (i.e. NAKED SUSAN BOYLE PICZ), it doesn't really work.
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City_Dater
07/14/09

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What happened to the New "New Economy" that didn't involve dicey bullshit that eventually implodes, losing money for everyone except practioners of said dicey bullshit?

Banking needs to return to being a pleasantly dull profession for people who want to make a living, not a killing.

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hypocriteoath
07/14/09

@City_Dater: that will take some serious time. the banking industry can't just be changed over night, especially not in the middle of a "recovery" period. it would be too much to handle at once in terms of uncertainty. bankers are usually pretty dull and the work is boring but that doesn't excuse the points they take on EVERY transaction, even the ones that fail.
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BullfightsOnAcid
07/14/09

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some Russian guy has stolen Goldman's supersecret money-making software.

Ah the infamous computer program that takes the fraction of cents left over from financial transactions and interest compounding and transfers them to a dummy account... and was developed by Richard Pryor in Superman III... and later copied by the gang in Office Space.
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Anthony De Rosa
07/14/09

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Level 12 Goldman Sachs orcs are impervious to litigation, government intervention, and self awareness.
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Unsolicited Advice
07/14/09

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I don't understand how they're "your billions." The AIG point is a valid one, though the state of play there is a little more complex than summarized. Other than that you've got little more than innuendo to go on. That's sort of the definition of conspiracy theorizing. If there's dirt, find it and smear it - everyone else will thank you. Just keep in mind that plenty of people have tried and found nothing.
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Phyllis Nefler
07/14/09

@Unsolicited Advice: Yeah, if GS didn't pay back the TARP people would be complaining, and since they DID pay back the TARP people are somehow finding ways to complain even more. It's tiresome.
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monoverb
07/14/09

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I'm sending my briefcase home in a separate car tonight.
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BBooms
07/14/09

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It's this kind of shit that makes one think that maybe, perhaps, the best solution is just to burn Wall Street to the ground.
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BadUncle
07/14/09

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And across the land stripper poles were polished, single malts uncrated, and Bolivian flake ground in a flurry of anticipation.
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Iwillnotauditionforastar
07/14/09

@BadUncle: First job I was offered after H.S. was Stockbroker Trainee at Brown Brothers Harriman. I went to college instead. Moral of the story? I'm stupid & poor.
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BadUncle
07/14/09

@Iwillnotauditionforastar: Well, at least you have your dignity, right??

BTW, BBH was Prescott Bush's firm, which violated the law during WWII and secretly managed Nazi funds.
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ShanghaiLil
07/14/09

@BadUncle: Don't forget the massive re-hiring of laid-off workers by hair gel manufacturers and the people who make Axe body spray...
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BadUncle
07/14/09

@ShanghaiLil: Hey, if you act now, you can get a job as a cigar Mohel.

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BookishLookish
07/14/09

@BadUncle: Where's your star, BadUnc? At the cleaner's?
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Iwillnotauditionforastar
07/14/09

@BadUncle: I traded that for a reuben sandwich 20 years ago. But that was one hell of a reuben sandwich!

Also, I hate Nazi's and the Bush's so I'm happy.

Man, that was one hell of a reuben sandwich!
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BadUncle
07/14/09

@Iwillnotauditionforastar: Reuben?? There can be only one:

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BadUncle
07/14/09

@BookishLookish: Foster Kamer is sucking on it, right now.
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Iwillnotauditionforastar
07/14/09

@BadUncle: Ghost written, ironically, by this guy.
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