These crimes are so heinous in their effects that any judge should be able to grant a search warrant for a thorough investigation; for now let's slam them with civil charges, and as the criminal investigation progresses, we'll hit them with those charges later. At the very least, they should be charged with something like gross negligance and manslaughter of our economy, and at worst, terrorism and treason. I believe it is the latter of the two.
I keep hearing things like when are the American people going to say enough is enough. Here's a news flash, the American people have been screaming enough is enough and the government turns a deaf ear and does nothing. So what if the market gets nervous, put these thieves on trial and put them in jail, Put the ceo's of all the companies involved in jail for instructing their employees to go ahead with bad practices, no excuses, just do it. these f--ks ruined the economy for wealth.
I love these two guys--Taibbi and Spitzer. As far as I can tell they are the only people who understand all of this and are willing to tell the truth about it.
The first sign of a third world country is the selective enforcement of it's laws. The Bush / Obama continuity plan has protected the Pin Striped Bandits to the nines. FedGov.Inc has no stomach to investigate itself.
Best thing I've seen on CNN for months.People need to get in the street and demand that their politicians distance themselves from these banksters and actually reinsate the rule of law in America. Tough one but there ain't any other way.
this stuff would have not went down like this 100 years ago in this country.
We really are sheep just waiting for the slaughter. But the worst part is that we elect and cheer on the people that are doing this to us. Its quite pathetic
Now i understand a lot of people dont have the time or just dont care to research. But there are certain things that are just common sense, but people suffer from a hero complex. We all need a gang to belong to, and a hero to lead the way.
@ReliableInsider They would regulate themselves if they were allowed to go bankrupt! The disgusting parasitic relationship between govt and Wall St. would not be possible without YOUR ELECTED REPS! Obama was supposed to be anti-Wall Street, Right? Wrong. He is a minion of Wall St. and the Military-Industrial Complex. He does their bidding, gladly, and then comes out and decries their excesses. WE have to be smarter, and more politically astute. If we look to CNN for answers, nothing will change
Barack Obama seems to have an extraordinary ability to put off prosecuting people until forever.
Part of the problem is that nobody understands all of these different financial crimes. I don't. You don't. Nobody does. Maybe we should pass a law against excessively complex financial instruments. Complexity wasn't innovation. It was law-evasion.
The other problem is that there were no laws against many of these crimes. They're still crimes.
here's something more accurate. they weren't just handed a bunch of ford broncos with defective breaks. they had perfectly good cars, intentionally sabotaged them, then sold them, gave bonuses and took life insurance policies on the drivers.
@ratsnacage1 you believe age gives you wisdom? Albert Einstein was only 26 when he stunned the world with his intellect. Can you claim the same? your older hence smarter right? And for the record I did not call you Hitler I merely said he had the same kind of thinking. Better then everyone, A leader, and if you saw how he dealt with other countries he too had outbursts of Ego. Have a good day friend
@ratsnacage1 to before someone as free thinking and independent as you. Do you know where your federal income tax goes? Do you even know why we have one? I wonder if I was to dress up in a nice suit and say change if it might make the point land. Oh wait a minute, if you believe in Obama an admitted liar doesn't that make you a follower of a liar? then again people drank the koolaid before so it is no surprise it still goes on today
@ratsnacage1 And friend if I had it all figured out I would know how we could save our country which I have not figured out yet. too many Americans put there faith in liars because like Obama they talk nice or like Bush they are part of the party I like. When in actuality they strip you of your rights. Bush sent us to the middle east to Iraq, Iran, etc and Obama sent us deeper by going into Libya with Yemen being next. Most of all you are upset that a 20 year old kid found out he was being lied
@ratsnacage1 Hitler was very original in his thinking and by any definition a great leader for Germany. Evil, Sadistic, Ambitious, and a threat to the rest of the world but much like yourself he valued his originality and need to lead instead of follow. I do not understand why you feel a need to lash out but I am betting it has to do with the realization that you were lied to. Obama for instance opposed Bush's tax during his campaign and when it was time to put money to mouth he did not deliver
@ratsnacage1 Hey friend go to my page and watch the animated video "The American Dream" it will explain exactly why our government will not change regardless of republican or democrat. It is a good watch and also entertaining
@ratsnacage1 Hey friend go to my page and watch the animated video "The American Dream" it will explain exactly why our government will not change regardless of republican or democrat. It is a good watch and also entertaining
@ratsnacage1 Hitler had the same mentality lol but I understand friend. It is always better to come to things on your own and when it comes to our government the news manipulation etc etc it is tough to get a handle on which way is up let alone what lies we were told. I merely suggest watching and listening to Obama's campaign promises and see that he really didn't do any of them.
I know someone that went to jail for having counterfeit money (A 20$ bill) and yet these scum bankers can rob billions, having Americans basically thrown on the street and nothing happens? I'm glad people are asking the right questions here but really, we all know its only a show if these people on wall street don't pay their dues like the rest of us. Government would be wise to jail them before this and many other things happening lead people into the streets. Better them then U right gov?
@ReliableInsider Talk is cheap my friend. In total their are about 3 senators that say the FED should be audited. 3 meaning there are more who disagreed. Currently in Washington there is Ron Paul (R) and David Kucinich (D) who openly stand out against the FED. You say the Democrats are with the American People, the majority of citizens still think the reserve is part of the government, well talk is cheap. Those 3 senators BTW all Republican. Where are the Dems on that?
Something that I think applies to our situation as well. "You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the grace of the Eternal God, will rout you out."- Andrew Jackson
@JackofOneTrade567 Thomas Jefferson said much of the same thing. "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." However our tyrants simply cannot be stopped as of this moment. They control the military and now seek to remove our weapons because of people like you and me chatting right now who know they are corrupt. 90 percent of this country is republican or democrat too ignorant to know there is no difference.
When Taibbi near the end runs w a 'pols are wary of pissing these guys off' spiel, you can just feel Spitzer off camera going 'Noooooo shit, Matt. You don't say'.
but they have the appetite to spend millions, time and effort to go after Barry Bonds? A baseball player? The justice dept needs to be gotten after. But as long as we are snug and sleeping it will just go on and on. and they know it
They need to trace that shitty deal back to the Federal Reserve. Bernanke should be sitting in jail now along with all of the banking and wall street cronies!!!
I honestly don't understand why not only all this is coming out now, and by "coming out" I mean why it's being sensationalized in the MSM two years after the fact, but why they waited until now to make a big deal out of it.
The regulators did what they are told and paid to do. They looked the other way. They were told numerous times what was happening and did nothing. Job well done.
Nathan Rothschild pulled this same thing in England with his knowledge of the outcome of Waterloo. It' an oldie but a goodie that the banks do to screw us but make money. The real question is why do we always overlook it?
@JackofOneTrade567 They should be subject to the law as we all are yes, but they won't be and honestly there is not a thing we can do about it. If we oppose the government on anything we are deemed terrorists and we will be dealt with. We allowed ourselves to be taken by a dictatorship but as this one is run, not by one man, but the bankers who run the federal reserve who our own elective officials kneel to. They are too big to fail
@JackofOneTrade567 Walk across the street blind folded with oncoming traffic on both sides of the street. I would tell you to wait or you will die, but hey I am pessimistic like that. The fact of the matter is unless at some point the American people receive both means and opportunity to take back their country they would lose. Our phones are bugged, e-mails read, if anyone tried to organize anything they would be rounded up and main stream media would report some bogus crime so the rest of
@JackofOneTrade567 the American people wouldn't be inclined to do the same. According to the constitution we have a right to walk down to Washington D.C. kick everyone out of office and fix it ourselves. But when was the last time our government actually listened to that old thing? They have people so dumbed down that they focus on things like race, religion, democrat, republican, all ways of both separating and distracting the American people. Andrew Jackson dealt with the banks and he said
@rooley, no there are far more people that know the truth than taibbi and spitzer, try noam chomskey for starters.
sissyfist 1 month ago
These crimes are so heinous in their effects that any judge should be able to grant a search warrant for a thorough investigation; for now let's slam them with civil charges, and as the criminal investigation progresses, we'll hit them with those charges later. At the very least, they should be charged with something like gross negligance and manslaughter of our economy, and at worst, terrorism and treason. I believe it is the latter of the two.
TheDevilProtests 4 months ago
the 1% dislike this video!
RobertX13 5 months ago
I keep hearing things like when are the American people going to say enough is enough. Here's a news flash, the American people have been screaming enough is enough and the government turns a deaf ear and does nothing. So what if the market gets nervous, put these thieves on trial and put them in jail, Put the ceo's of all the companies involved in jail for instructing their employees to go ahead with bad practices, no excuses, just do it. these f--ks ruined the economy for wealth.
daveusaz1218 9 months ago
Excellent analogy from Taibbi re: the cars/life insurance.
ppitstop38 10 months ago
Lyold Blankfein is a Jew.
akamal1113 10 months ago
@akamal1113 So is Sen. Levin. And your point?
stargell777 9 months ago
I love these two guys--Taibbi and Spitzer. As far as I can tell they are the only people who understand all of this and are willing to tell the truth about it.
rooley 10 months ago
@rooley And of course AC gets major cool points for having these two guys on.
rooley 10 months ago
No prison for wall street crooks.
Hang them. it's faster, fairer and cheaper.
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ThunderDog97 10 months ago
The first sign of a third world country is the selective enforcement of it's laws. The Bush / Obama continuity plan has protected the Pin Striped Bandits to the nines. FedGov.Inc has no stomach to investigate itself.
Aridzonan13 10 months ago 2
Matt Taibbi is a god for uncovering this shit.
Sweence 10 months ago 2
Best thing I've seen on CNN for months.People need to get in the street and demand that their politicians distance themselves from these banksters and actually reinsate the rule of law in America. Tough one but there ain't any other way.
danfromabove 11 months ago 17
@danfromabove Goldman sachs people are in Obamas cabinet that's why.
lushfauna 10 months ago
@danfromabove
Good luck. This country is an oligarchy. Nothing will happen.
mnaicck 10 months ago 2
blah, blah, blah...zionist shills shilling for their zionist masters.
NOTHING will be done.
NOTHING.
23ord 11 months ago
I agree with the whorefucker! :D
therealaj123 11 months ago
1:44 his voice is slightly shaking and vibrating… he is upset. he knows he is wrong and lying… and nervous about his own stunt.
therealaj123 11 months ago
this stuff would have not went down like this 100 years ago in this country.
We really are sheep just waiting for the slaughter. But the worst part is that we elect and cheer on the people that are doing this to us. Its quite pathetic
Now i understand a lot of people dont have the time or just dont care to research. But there are certain things that are just common sense, but people suffer from a hero complex. We all need a gang to belong to, and a hero to lead the way.
Galicia1981 11 months ago 3
"Trust us. We can regulate ourselves."
--famous last words
ReliableInsider 11 months ago 15
@ReliableInsider They would regulate themselves if they were allowed to go bankrupt! The disgusting parasitic relationship between govt and Wall St. would not be possible without YOUR ELECTED REPS! Obama was supposed to be anti-Wall Street, Right? Wrong. He is a minion of Wall St. and the Military-Industrial Complex. He does their bidding, gladly, and then comes out and decries their excesses. WE have to be smarter, and more politically astute. If we look to CNN for answers, nothing will change
P0LICEstateWATCH 10 months ago
Barack Obama seems to have an extraordinary ability to put off prosecuting people until forever.
Part of the problem is that nobody understands all of these different financial crimes. I don't. You don't. Nobody does. Maybe we should pass a law against excessively complex financial instruments. Complexity wasn't innovation. It was law-evasion.
The other problem is that there were no laws against many of these crimes. They're still crimes.
And yet . . . zero prosecutions?
ReliableInsider 11 months ago
here's something more accurate. they weren't just handed a bunch of ford broncos with defective breaks. they had perfectly good cars, intentionally sabotaged them, then sold them, gave bonuses and took life insurance policies on the drivers.
pistraurder 11 months ago 2
This is hillarious that they have Eliot Spitzer commenting on another persons credibility, even though I'm not disagreeing w/ what he said
TheInfo101 11 months ago
@TheInfo101 credibility is at stake here because he got caught with a hooker??? You must be joking.....
Francebrasil 11 months ago
@TheInfo101 He went to the hottest hooker in the world, I can't blame him for that. If anything, it makes me trust his opinion more.
crateguy 11 months ago
@crateguy you should because he actually prosecuted prostitution rings
TheInfo101 11 months ago
@TheInfo101 prosecuted them all the way to the bank
crateguy 11 months ago
These cunts should go to jail
tarkineWild 11 months ago 2
As Cooper said, Matt has written extensively on this. Check it out at Rolling Stone Politics.
beltonism 11 months ago 2
And who said crime doesn't pay.
itubeutude 11 months ago 3
Outrage is that the NY gov. was busy shelling out thousands for whores while this was going on.
mikheii 11 months ago
@mikheii that was his money...
Francebrasil 11 months ago
Good to see Spitzer comment on the one issue that he's actually credible...
chriscr123 11 months ago
When the hell is some old fashioned journalism lead to some heavy criminal charges towards the ones with power?
bohemianwriter1 11 months ago
@ratsnacage1 you believe age gives you wisdom? Albert Einstein was only 26 when he stunned the world with his intellect. Can you claim the same? your older hence smarter right? And for the record I did not call you Hitler I merely said he had the same kind of thinking. Better then everyone, A leader, and if you saw how he dealt with other countries he too had outbursts of Ego. Have a good day friend
YaHuWaHservant 11 months ago
@ratsnacage1 to before someone as free thinking and independent as you. Do you know where your federal income tax goes? Do you even know why we have one? I wonder if I was to dress up in a nice suit and say change if it might make the point land. Oh wait a minute, if you believe in Obama an admitted liar doesn't that make you a follower of a liar? then again people drank the koolaid before so it is no surprise it still goes on today
YaHuWaHservant 11 months ago
@ratsnacage1 And friend if I had it all figured out I would know how we could save our country which I have not figured out yet. too many Americans put there faith in liars because like Obama they talk nice or like Bush they are part of the party I like. When in actuality they strip you of your rights. Bush sent us to the middle east to Iraq, Iran, etc and Obama sent us deeper by going into Libya with Yemen being next. Most of all you are upset that a 20 year old kid found out he was being lied
YaHuWaHservant 11 months ago
@ratsnacage1 Hitler was very original in his thinking and by any definition a great leader for Germany. Evil, Sadistic, Ambitious, and a threat to the rest of the world but much like yourself he valued his originality and need to lead instead of follow. I do not understand why you feel a need to lash out but I am betting it has to do with the realization that you were lied to. Obama for instance opposed Bush's tax during his campaign and when it was time to put money to mouth he did not deliver
YaHuWaHservant 11 months ago
@ratsnacage1 So did Clinton/Gore..
VsAStarr 11 months ago
@ratsnacage1 Hey friend go to my page and watch the animated video "The American Dream" it will explain exactly why our government will not change regardless of republican or democrat. It is a good watch and also entertaining
YaHuWaHservant 11 months ago
@ratsnacage1 Hey friend go to my page and watch the animated video "The American Dream" it will explain exactly why our government will not change regardless of republican or democrat. It is a good watch and also entertaining
YaHuWaHservant 11 months ago
How much long till the American people come out on the streets and do what we are doing in Europe???
theH0UNDSofD00M 11 months ago
Do you like that Blankfein does God's work?
jag10 11 months ago
@ratsnacage1 Hitler had the same mentality lol but I understand friend. It is always better to come to things on your own and when it comes to our government the news manipulation etc etc it is tough to get a handle on which way is up let alone what lies we were told. I merely suggest watching and listening to Obama's campaign promises and see that he really didn't do any of them.
YaHuWaHservant 11 months ago
Eric Holder absolutely should resign. Good point Spitzer. One of your few.
cfaz10 11 months ago
I know someone that went to jail for having counterfeit money (A 20$ bill) and yet these scum bankers can rob billions, having Americans basically thrown on the street and nothing happens? I'm glad people are asking the right questions here but really, we all know its only a show if these people on wall street don't pay their dues like the rest of us. Government would be wise to jail them before this and many other things happening lead people into the streets. Better them then U right gov?
SheepDoggOne 11 months ago
@ratsnacage1 Obama is no different friend
YaHuWaHservant 11 months ago
@YaHuWaHservant
The Democrats join the American People in saying that the financial services industry obviously needs to be regulated.
The Republicans, even after all we now know, still say it should be de-regulated.
How does anyone still have trouble distinguishing between the two approaches or between the two parties?
ReliableInsider 11 months ago
@ReliableInsider Talk is cheap my friend. In total their are about 3 senators that say the FED should be audited. 3 meaning there are more who disagreed. Currently in Washington there is Ron Paul (R) and David Kucinich (D) who openly stand out against the FED. You say the Democrats are with the American People, the majority of citizens still think the reserve is part of the government, well talk is cheap. Those 3 senators BTW all Republican. Where are the Dems on that?
YaHuWaHservant 11 months ago
Something that I think applies to our situation as well. "You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the grace of the Eternal God, will rout you out."- Andrew Jackson
YaHuWaHservant 11 months ago
@YaHuWaHservant he was a smart man.
JackofOneTrade567 11 months ago
@JackofOneTrade567 Thomas Jefferson said much of the same thing. "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." However our tyrants simply cannot be stopped as of this moment. They control the military and now seek to remove our weapons because of people like you and me chatting right now who know they are corrupt. 90 percent of this country is republican or democrat too ignorant to know there is no difference.
YaHuWaHservant 11 months ago
People need to stop pretending that these aren't Jews with Israeli interests fucking everyone out of fear of being called a anti-semite.
BadSwineDOTcom 11 months ago
@BadSwineDOTcom
Why would Israel want the American economy to be damaged? That doesn't make any sense.
Maybe you actually *are* an without realizing it.
ReliableInsider 11 months ago
When Taibbi near the end runs w a 'pols are wary of pissing these guys off' spiel, you can just feel Spitzer off camera going 'Noooooo shit, Matt. You don't say'.
terpis 11 months ago
but they have the appetite to spend millions, time and effort to go after Barry Bonds? A baseball player? The justice dept needs to be gotten after. But as long as we are snug and sleeping it will just go on and on. and they know it
WHENDASHTF 11 months ago 2
They need to trace that shitty deal back to the Federal Reserve. Bernanke should be sitting in jail now along with all of the banking and wall street cronies!!!
watertonrivers 11 months ago
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Whatever works for Wall Street should kill themselves.
zimm1986 11 months ago
Criminal Mother Fuckers ...Money talks just proves they are all in on the scam...
LostFREEDOM 11 months ago
DURPDURP U MEEN EVUN IF IT IS PROFITABLE IT IS NOT GOOD?
Shelbzism 11 months ago
I honestly don't understand why not only all this is coming out now, and by "coming out" I mean why it's being sensationalized in the MSM two years after the fact, but why they waited until now to make a big deal out of it.
seanlaca 11 months ago
Has anyone ever ask Blankfein what he meant by doing God's work?
Obviously, he has used that line before.
I hope that someone asks him that question at the next congressional hearing.
jag10 11 months ago
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TheBlaspheemer 11 months ago
@TheBlaspheemer
You mean from the Rothschild zionist perspective, a Fabian perspective, or from a Crowley type of thang?
jag10 11 months ago
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TheBlaspheemer 11 months ago
"The complexity and structure of an organization creates insulation as you move up the hierarchy."
In the Godfather 2, this is what was described as "buffers".
MrYadakun 11 months ago
So he won't say shit, but he will say crap.
Oh Anderson, never change.
Hybrid5784 11 months ago
ya hear that at the end "common law" learn about that and flex your rights !
demented669 11 months ago
The regulators did what they are told and paid to do. They looked the other way. They were told numerous times what was happening and did nothing. Job well done.
jbrider555 11 months ago
Fucking worthless pieces of shit at the Justice Department better get on this . . .
SubstancePrime 11 months ago
Nathan Rothschild pulled this same thing in England with his knowledge of the outcome of Waterloo. It' an oldie but a goodie that the banks do to screw us but make money. The real question is why do we always overlook it?
YaHuWaHservant 11 months ago
@YaHuWaHservant cause we're all pussies? these people are criminals. they must be treated as such.
JackofOneTrade567 11 months ago
@JackofOneTrade567 They should be subject to the law as we all are yes, but they won't be and honestly there is not a thing we can do about it. If we oppose the government on anything we are deemed terrorists and we will be dealt with. We allowed ourselves to be taken by a dictatorship but as this one is run, not by one man, but the bankers who run the federal reserve who our own elective officials kneel to. They are too big to fail
YaHuWaHservant 11 months ago
@YaHuWaHservant that's a very pessimistic attitude.
JackofOneTrade567 11 months ago
@JackofOneTrade567 Walk across the street blind folded with oncoming traffic on both sides of the street. I would tell you to wait or you will die, but hey I am pessimistic like that. The fact of the matter is unless at some point the American people receive both means and opportunity to take back their country they would lose. Our phones are bugged, e-mails read, if anyone tried to organize anything they would be rounded up and main stream media would report some bogus crime so the rest of
YaHuWaHservant 11 months ago
@JackofOneTrade567 the American people wouldn't be inclined to do the same. According to the constitution we have a right to walk down to Washington D.C. kick everyone out of office and fix it ourselves. But when was the last time our government actually listened to that old thing? They have people so dumbed down that they focus on things like race, religion, democrat, republican, all ways of both separating and distracting the American people. Andrew Jackson dealt with the banks and he said
YaHuWaHservant 11 months ago
dont bet against the house
XsamwiseX45 11 months ago
What we have is a "Shyster Dept." It's where all the most egregious criminals come to roost & swap corruptions.
TripleSpeak 11 months ago
Matt Taibbi is a badass... You gotta give him credit for the good reporting he's done.
Farf90 11 months ago 2