Goldman Sachs fourth quarter profits are $4.95 billion. Their 2009 profits $13.4 billion USD. You may say wow $13,400,000,000. So just how much is a billion?
Let’s look at it this way:A million minutes ago was- 1 year, 329 days, 10 hours and 40 minutes ago. A Billion minutes ago the Roman Empire ruled the known world.
What makes this even crazier is that right now I am watching CNN and unemployed persons are begging for jobs and help on there30 second pitch for jobseekers segment. The economy was trashed by their gambling with our money in the first place. We must place some restrictions on this system.
Most of us will never know this kind of money and we only want enough to just live our lives while a segment of our population is becoming super wealthy. What has happened to the America Dream?
Yea, yea I know if you don’t like it you should move to Europe. Well let me ponder how awful that is Europe with their free medical care, their average 33.4 annual paid days leave per year, and the great public transportation?
Yes just awful!
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