i am practically gleeful
(if only to keep from being outraged. again. some more.)
Staff at Goldman Sachs staff can look forward to the biggest bonus payouts in the firm’s 140-year history after a spectacular first half of the year, sparking concern that the big investment banks which survived the credit crunch will derail financial regulation reforms.
i think this might be the breaking point, the point where i literally stop having any faith at all in the government. this whole financial meltdown has been so badly mishandled, and obviously nothing has changed. no one has been held accountable. and reading this, i really couldn’t summon up more than an eye roll.
on the other hand, i’m with the cajun boy in being excited to hear what taibbi is going to say about this:
The only bright spot in all of this is that Matt Taibbi is going to be so pissed about it, and we kind of like it when Taibbi is pissed off about something.
It’s Goldman’s world now, we just… etc.
Seems like the roles for the first season of Obama are getting pretty well set: Afghanistan is playing the part of Iraq. Instead of military contractors we have investment banks. We have a President who talks a big game but maybe doesn’t so much *do* anything, and with Biden hanging around we even get important people saying stupid shit constantly. Axelrod is clearly Rove, but who’s Cheney? Emanuel maybe?
Seriously, I’m trying to stay hopeful but it really looks like isn’t shit gonna change.