Goldie for President!

“Goldman Sachs, the global investment bank and financial services firm, announced Friday morning that it is running for president of the United States.”

“… the conglomerate will forgo donations altogether and instead finance the campaign with a portion of the $10 billion in taxpayer-funded bailout money the investment bank received in 2009. “

— “Goldman Sachs announces presidential run,” K.M. Breay, Salon

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Freedom of Speech 2010

In a landmark decision today, five members of the United States Supreme Court gave new meaning to the phrase “Money Talks”  by adding it to the First Amendment. Read about it here and here. Lawyers and gluttons for punishment may read the majority opinion in Citizens United v. U.S. Federal Election Commission.

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