I made over $300,000 several years, back in the 80’s, as a mere salesman. Would you rather we emulate Cuba or the DPRK?
Goldman-Sachs played a huge roll in the financial crisis, they manipulated things like the bail-out of AIG, they were one of the top three recipients of bailout funds, they lied to their clients, repeatedly, and referred to them as Muppets. Other notable Goldman-Sachs alumni include former NY Gov and Sen. Jon Corzine, and Bush Treas. Sec Paulson (who rammed through TARP with threats of chaos and marital law if the banks didn't get it.)
Please don't accuse me of being a Communist because I hate one of the worst Crony Capitalist investment banking firms in the world.
Perhaps you and I just have different ideas about what capitalism means To me it doesn't mean: gaming the system, bribing leaders, screwing customers, paying billions in fines but laughing it off cause you made hundreds of billions in the swindles, and other things GS has been caught doing, repeatedly.
If you read about Wall Street you will find that Goldman is one of the firms that has the most to do with the transformation of the culture there, into the current "wolf of Wall Street" style model that is disgusting. (I'm not implying the movie was about Goldman, it was not. Just that the Goldman unlimited greed has displaced the older 'white shoe crowd', who managed to live good lives but not become corrupt plutocrats)
Go back and look at what started this posting. Goldman contributed mightily to Clinton. And to Obama. So, yes, it's worrisome.