{"id":537032,"date":"2010-04-21T07:49:13","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T11:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/2010\/04\/21\/goldman-plays-we-pay\/"},"modified":"2010-04-21T07:49:13","modified_gmt":"2010-04-21T11:49:13","slug":"goldman-plays-we-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/537032","title":{"rendered":"Goldman Plays, We Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Truthdig\/~3\/ljanx76qOqc\/\" >Goldman Plays, We Pay       <\/a><br \/>The story of the financial debacle will end the way it began, with the super-hustlers from Goldman Sachs at the center of the action and profiting wildly. Never in U.S. history has one company wielded such destructive power over our political economy, irrespective of whether a Republican or a Democrat happened to be president.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left; margin: 0 10px 0 0; border: 1px solid #333333;\"><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/report\/item\/goldman_plays_we_pay_20100420\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/images\/reportuploads\/goldmanplayswepay_160.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Goldman Sachs\" width=\"160\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>                <b>By Robert Scheer<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The story of the financial debacle will end the way it began, with the super-hustlers from Goldman Sachs at the center of the action and profiting wildly. Never in U.S. history has one company wielded such destructive power over our political economy, irrespective of whether a Republican or a Democrat happened to be president. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>Related Entries<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>April 18, 2010 <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/eartotheground\/item\/china_quake_toll_hits_1700_20100418\/\">China Quake Toll Hits 1,700<\/a><\/li>\n<li>April 14, 2010 <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/eartotheground\/item\/china_earthquake_kills_at_least_400_20100414\/\">Hundreds Dead in Western China Quake<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/aGHB6TIhu5rbVF_v8bxWWAtcXD0\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/aGHB6TIhu5rbVF_v8bxWWAtcXD0\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/aGHB6TIhu5rbVF_v8bxWWAtcXD0\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/aGHB6TIhu5rbVF_v8bxWWAtcXD0\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\"> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?a=ljanx76qOqc:Ckm-FxmO3Rs:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?a=ljanx76qOqc:Ckm-FxmO3Rs:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?a=ljanx76qOqc:Ckm-FxmO3Rs:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?a=ljanx76qOqc:Ckm-FxmO3Rs:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?i=ljanx76qOqc:Ckm-FxmO3Rs:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?a=ljanx76qOqc:Ckm-FxmO3Rs:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?i=ljanx76qOqc:Ckm-FxmO3Rs:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <\/div>\n<div class=\"feedflare\"> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?a=ljanx76qOqc:TZnkFyCe_Vo:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?a=ljanx76qOqc:TZnkFyCe_Vo:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?a=ljanx76qOqc:TZnkFyCe_Vo:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?a=ljanx76qOqc:TZnkFyCe_Vo:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?i=ljanx76qOqc:TZnkFyCe_Vo:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?a=ljanx76qOqc:TZnkFyCe_Vo:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Truthdig?i=ljanx76qOqc:TZnkFyCe_Vo:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Truthdig\/~4\/ljanx76qOqc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/>       <\/p>\n<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Truthdig\/~3\/LKtUUjbNQoc\/\" >\u2018Colbert Report\u2019: The SEC Shafts Goldman Sachs       <\/a><br \/>Stephen Colbert is outraged at the Obama administration\u2019s attempt to thwart banks\u2019 promotion of risky investments. After all, risky investments are like risky sex, and \u201cif you make the banks wear a condom, they won\u2019t be able to feel it when they\u2019re f*&amp;#ing us over.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left; margin: 0 10px 0 0; border: 1px solid #333333;\"><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/avbooth\/item\/colbert_report_sorkin_goldman_sachs_and_the_sec_20100420\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/images\/avboothuploads\/colbertsorkingoldman_160.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Colbert\" width=\"160\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Stephen Colbert is outraged at the Obama administration&#8217;s attempt to thwart banks&#8217; promotion of risky investments. 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