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To: SeekAndFind

Umm..bankers are supposed to be greedy, that’s what they get paid for.

“The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed — for lack of a better word — is good.

Greed is right.

Greed works.

Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.

Greed, in all of its forms — greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge — has marked the upward surge of mankind.

And greed — you mark my words — will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA.

Thank you very much

Gordon Gekko, Wall Street


6 posted on 10/19/2009 7:43:12 AM PDT by y6162 (uish..)
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To: y6162
In a free market, greed cancels itself out. Both the buyer and the seller are greedy, and the competition on both sides is greedy as well.

Equal amounts on both sides of an equation cancel out.

Screaming about "greed" doesn't really say anything at all, since it's a common vice among all men, not just bankers.

7 posted on 10/19/2009 7:46:37 AM PDT by TChris (There is no freedom without the possibility of failure.)
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To: y6162
Gordon Gekko, Wall Street

The guy went to jail and has been recently released. Wall Street II has just been filmed with Michael Douglas reprising his role. Some people never learn.
9 posted on 10/19/2009 8:25:21 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (wH)
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