Wow, there sure were plenty of facts in that one. If even a substantial fraction of what's in that article is true, Goldman Sachs is purely, objectively evil. And there's probably nothing we can do about it.
We tend to think of Obama as the anti-thesis of the Bush years and policies, but he is in lock step with the Bush and Clinton administrations in his deferral of all financial decisions to Goldman Sachs and their alums.
Yes, that article is mind blowing. Unfortunately it was published in Rolling Stone, meaning that there's a large portion of the country that would refuse to read if given the chance as well as some who wouldn't believe it if they did. As far as the Obama comment is concerned, he is lockstep with the Bush admin on more than just financial policy, he's also followed their lead on torture, search and seizure etc. The emperor truly has no clothes. (I feel that I should actually be posting this on Reddit...)
Not so sure about that, Matt Taibbi is pretty well known for being up on his shit, regardless of the fact that it's published in Rolling Stone. I think the actual distribution of the publication is more of a limiting factor than any potential stigma attached to it.
We tend to think of Obama as the anti-thesis of the Bush years and policies, but he is in lock step with the Bush and Clinton administrations in his deferral of all financial decisions to Goldman Sachs and their alums.