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Saturday, April 24th, 2010 09:28 pm

Goldman Sachs executives and employees contributed more money to Obama's 2008 campaign than a single company has raised for any politician since the dawn of campaign finance reform.

Возникает соблазн ехидно спросить: "Ну что, сынку, помогли тебе твои ляхи?". Но это будет неправильное понимание проблемы.

A Goldman lobbyist explained: "We're not against regulation. We're for regulation. We partner with regulators."
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When Obama's first White House counsel, Greg Craig--an unreconstructed liberal and Democratic partisan--left the administration, who hired him? Goldman Sachs, of course.

Иными словами, позиция придворного мальчика для битья имеет свои выгоды. Как и всякая придворная позиция.

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