Brilliant. Is this yours?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain <no_re...@...> wrote:
>
> "You want the truth? You can't handle the truth. Son, we live in a country
> with an investment gap. And that gap needs to be filled by men with money.
> Who's gonna do it? You? You, Middle Class Consumer? Goldman Sachs has a
> greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Lehman and
> you curse derivatives. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not
> knowing what we know: that Lehman's death, while tragic, probably saved the
> financial system. And that Goldman's existence, while grotesque and
> incomprehensible to you, saves pension funds. You don't want the truth.
> Because deep down, in places you don't talk about at parties, you want us to
> fill that investment gap. You need us to fill that gap. "We use words like
> credit default swaps, collateralized debt obligation, and securitization? We
> use these words as the backbone of a life spent investing in something. You
> use 'em as a punchline. We have neither the time nor the inclination to
> explain ourselves to a commoner who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the
> very credit we provide, and then questions the manner in which we provide it!
> We'd rather you just said thank you and paid your taxes on time. Otherwise,
> we suggest you get an account and start trading. Either way, we don't give a
> damn what you think you're entitled to!"
>
