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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJohn Oliver lambastes Goldman Sachs for screwing America without fear of jail
Thursday night on The Daily Show, host John Oliver launched a blistering attack on the big banks by noting an important change to the board game Monopoly: the jail is being removed.
Yes, you heard right, he remarked. The game designed to teach children how capitalism works has removed the go to jail option to reflect the financial system theyre going to grow up in, presumably replacing it with a get yelled at by Congress and then go directly to the Cayman Islands option.
Though regulations force Goldman Sachs to move aluminum out of its warehouses, the financial giant simply moves aluminum from warehouse to warehouse. The artificial inflation of aluminum has cost American consumers more than $5 billion over the last three years.
Yes, you heard right, he remarked. The game designed to teach children how capitalism works has removed the go to jail option to reflect the financial system theyre going to grow up in, presumably replacing it with a get yelled at by Congress and then go directly to the Cayman Islands option.
Though regulations force Goldman Sachs to move aluminum out of its warehouses, the financial giant simply moves aluminum from warehouse to warehouse. The artificial inflation of aluminum has cost American consumers more than $5 billion over the last three years.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/26/john-oliver-lambastes-goldman-sachs-for-screwing-america-without-fear-of-jail/
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John Oliver lambastes Goldman Sachs for screwing America without fear of jail (Original Post)
octoberlib
Jul 2013
OP
They got bailed out; we got sold out! The situation and message haven't changed! n/t
Fire Walk With Me
Jul 2013
#1
Good for him. It can't be pointed out often enough, the crime of not prosecuting the criminals, and
sabrina 1
Jul 2013
#2
Kick for exposing continued blatant fraud on wall street that an 8 year old can understand. nt
adirondacker
Jul 2013
#3
Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)1. They got bailed out; we got sold out! The situation and message haven't changed! n/t
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)2. Good for him. It can't be pointed out often enough, the crime of not prosecuting the criminals, and
the even worse crime of bailing them out. It is shocking really and there hasn't been nearly enough outrage over what they did to this country and the rest of the world.
adirondacker
(2,921 posts)3. Kick for exposing continued blatant fraud on wall street that an 8 year old can understand. nt
LuvNewcastle
(16,856 posts)4. "Goldman Showers!"
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)5. Goldman owns the DOJ
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