Jamie Dimon blows up at DC's dysfunction, says he's tired of 'listening to the stupid s---'

[DonViejo]

Evelyn Cheng | @chengevelyn
6 Mins Ago

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon expressed frustration at the U.S. federal government during the company's earnings conference call Friday.

"It's almost an embarrassment being an American citizen traveling around the world and listening to the stupid s--- we have to deal with in this country," Dimon said in response to an analyst question.

"Since the Great Recession, which is now 8 years old, we've been growing at 1.5 to 2 percent in spite of stupidity and political gridlock, because the American business sector is powerful and strong," he said. "What I'm saying is it would be much stronger growth had we made intelligent decisions and were there not gridlock."

The executive of the U.S. banking giant cited travels to countries such as France, Argentina, Israel and Ireland. The U.S. has become "one of the most bureaucratic, confusing, litigious societies on the planet" and "it's hurting the average American that we don't have these right policies," he said.

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http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/14/jpms-jamie-dimon-blows-up-at-washington-on-earnings-call.html

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. What he is saying is Obama worked miracles and trump is destroying everything

But he is such a racist little prick who thinks he is god, he will never say that.

[JI7]

16. He is a democrat that supported Obama

[Proud Liberal Dem]

2. Elections have consequences!

We wouldn't be in this mess IMHO if Hillary had been elected and Republicans didn't keep getting elected over and over again. Didn't Dimon complain a lot about President Obama???


We're all sick of it too. Be interesting to see how he voted in the last election.......

[ck4829]

3. Must be the fault of all those poor people, right?

You know, the ones who told us the Iraq War would pay for itself, invited Enron into the energy task force, coined "too big to fail" and "affluenza", and the people who Donald Trump said he doesn't want in his administration.

[hatrack]

4. Sounds like the usual GOP piping-hot crap: "Evil, horrible bureaucracy and regulations! Waaahhh!"

Fuck you, Jamie, and the golden calf you rode in on.

[SharonClark]

5. Like he cares about "average Americans"

"The executive of the U.S. banking giant cited travels to countries such as France, Argentina, Israel and Ireland. The U.S. has become "one of the most bureaucratic, confusing, litigious societies on the planet" and "it's hurting the average American that we don't have these right policies," he said.

[SamKnause]

6. Fuck Jamie Dimon.

He should be rotting in prison.

[TexasBushwhacker]

10. He complains that regulations are keeping him from lending money

Yes, things were so much better when they could package subprime loans as A+ rated investments and sell them to unknowing investors. Regulations suck!

[7wo7rees]

17. +100000

[WoonTars]

20. You beat me to it.

Fuck that guy. Twice.

[Me.]

7. Did I Imagine Him Sitting At 45's Table?

[workinclasszero]

8. Like this asshole didn't vote a straight republican ticket last fall

FU wall street gangster!

Dump is your boy, embrace the fucking traitor/dysfunctional man baby!

He is your very own Frankenstein monster!

[unblock]

12. Dimon is a lifelong democrat

http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2009/07/jpmorgan-ceo-jamie-dimon-donat/


Can't say for sure how he voted, but I'd be very surprised if he voted for Benedict Donald, and *extremely* surprised if he voted straight republican ticket.

[workinclasszero]

13. The CEO of JP Morgan is a life long democrat?

LOL sorry for my ignorance.

I just assumed.....hehe

[unblock]

15. yeah, wall street is actually more democratic than most people think.

it is nyc, after all....

that said, the ones that you hear about -- the ceos, the top salespeople & traders -- do tend to be republicans.

dimon is one of the democrats, though he's clearly a fair-weather democrat as he's made supportive noises about benedict donald ever since the election. as a ceo of a company subject to government regulations and such, he feels the need to play nice-nice with whatever administration is in town.

[C_U_L8R]

9. Stop voting Republican, stupid

Every D administration has shown phenomenal growth while R's just sucked

[lostnfound]

19. He's a democrat, contributes to Dems. Nt

[HughBeaumont]

11. Co-arsonist is tired of all these fires.

"Flamethrower? What flamethrower?"

[Coventina]

18. Thank you!!!

[Initech]

14. It's embarassing being American when our ruling party is full of shitheads and assholes.

And they own the media, clergy, and every other way to get the message out, so we will keep electing the same assholes.