[stephenjohnbanker]

” Goldman are scum. Always have been.”

Rinse & Repeat.

The only investment banking firm that sold billions in sub prime mortgages to their clients, and then turned around and “shorted” the very companies they sold the sub prime mortgages to, Scum? Oh yeah!

[Calvin Locke]

I'm reminded of a fairly early anecdote in "Barbarians at the Gate" (RJR/Nabisco LBO story). A businessman goes to an investment firm, and makes some sort of deal. The firm turns around and basically screws the guy somehow.

He says "WTF?", and his "buddies" say "That wasn't us, that was them on the merchant banking side of the house. We had nothing to do with it."

[Kartographer]

You will shortly hear for the many FReepers to whom Goldman, BOA, Countrywide and so forth are heroes to. They will enlighten you about how ‘Banksters’ perceived are cause by ‘evil government’ regulations, ‘Dead Beats’ and if you are luck they might just admit to one or two bad apples.