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13 Responses to “Goldman Sachs: The Great American Bubble Machine”

1. GB Says:
   June 25th, 2009 at 10:09 am

   Trouble machine?

2. drollere Says:
   June 25th, 2009 at 10:36 am

   the causality goes in exactly the reverse direction. the market is inherently a bubble machine, and the smarter people can time and feed the bubble better than others.

   if GS is so smart, why are they now a bank? grain of salt, people.

3. alfred e Says:
   June 25th, 2009 at 10:44 am

   @Drollere:wrong. If they’re just a bank why are they hedgies and part of the SLP???? Where DID all those bonuses come from anyway. DO you work for them?

   Read Peter Defazio’s remarks about the carbon market and the European results.

   CARBON MARKET: More fraud and corruption on the way. Correct.

4. alfred e Says:
   June 25th, 2009 at 12:23 pm

   Here’s the Rep De Fazio comment on Cap and Trade.

   http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2009/06/18/views1.html

   Sounds pretty dead on to me.

5. thehonesttrader Says:
   June 25th, 2009 at 3:11 pm

   Here another guys take on this same article

   http://thehonesttrader.blogspot.com/2009/06/this-is-from-gains-and-pains-capital.html

   pretty interesting stuff

6. Denise Hubbard Says:
   June 25th, 2009 at 5:21 pm

   This is incredible! And the SEC just requested a copy of the new movie: Stock Shock!
   Market manipulation is about to be reigned in!

   Thank you Matt T. and STOCK SHOCK!

7. FromLori Says:
   June 25th, 2009 at 8:10 pm

   Barry they are talking about you over at the business insider…

   http://www.businessinsider.com/wait-maybe-the-realtors-arent-wrong-this-time-2009-6

   ~~~

   BR: Here are their other articles:

   The NAR’s Appalling Fight Against Honest Appraisals
   http://www.businessinsider.com/the-nars-appalling-fight-against-honest-appraisals-2009-6

   The Home Appraisal Mess
   http://www.businessinsider.com/the-home-appraisal-mess-2009-6

   NAR Chief Blames Objective Appraisers For Keeping Home Sales Down http://www.businessinsider.com/nar-chief-blames-objective-appraisers-for-keeping-home-sales-down-2009-6

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10. BG Says:
    June 28th, 2009 at 8:06 pm

    Denise Hubbard, I wish it were that simple. The cause runs much deeper than ignorance. The insiders including many who are supposed to be protecting the American public know exactly what they are doing. The SEC will do what they have historically done – not a damn thing.

    Sorry to bust your……. bubble.

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13. regalzonophone Says:
    June 29th, 2009 at 11:24 pm

    When reading about the scams relating to the trading of futures (p. 61) consider how Cap & Tax will be the vehicle for the next fleecing of the sheeple. Big money will be made by the politicians and insiders if this sham is allows to become law.