Sunday, November 8, 2009

Goldman Sachs: To Serve Man



Must-read:  London Sunday Times piece on Goldmine Goldman Sachs. CEO Lloyd Blankfein actually said he "I'm doing God’s work."

Others disagree. Rolling Stone magazine ran a story that described Goldman as "a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money". In his latest documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story, Michael Moore drives up to 85 Broad Street in an armoured Brinks money van, leaps out carrying a sack with a giant dollar sign on it, looks up at the building and yells: "We’re here to get the money back for the American people!"


Other Blankfein bon mots:  "We have a social purpose."  He's still "a blue-collar guy".

One Goldman spinner explained the outrageous bonuses thusly:  "We're greedy, but not long term greedy."

2 comments:

jimbotalk said...

To observe his vow of poverty, Lloyd only rides to his penthouse office in the freight elevator.
To observe his vow of celibacy, Lloyd only fucks small investors.

Marty said...

Ha!