Now call me crazy but if I hadn't done anything illegal and had a few extra million lying around burning a hole in my pocket, the last place I would decide to put that money would be in the hands of a state attorney's office who might be investigating me for shady business practices. Let's keep in mind here that we're talking about Goldman Sachs, though, so maybe they have motivation which I as a mere mortal cannot possibly comprehend. Because we all know I'd never point fingers at $GS. Ha.
Via Bloomberg - what is Goldman up to?
May 14 (Bloomberg) -- Thanks to the commonwealth of Massachusetts, crusading attorneys general throughout the land now have a road map for extracting multimillion-dollar checks from Wall Street banks such as Goldman Sachs Group Inc.: Don’t accuse them of anything at all.
Why did Goldman pay if Coakley’s investigators couldn’t identify any infractions to allege? That’s a mystery. The only statement I could squeeze out of Goldman was a one-liner from a P.R. man, Michael DuVally. “Goldman Sachs is pleased to have resolved this matter,” he said. I’ll bet it is.
Strangely, HuffPo paints it as a settlement, with Barney Frank absolutely overjoyed that Goldman will now be somehow involved in saving Massachusetts homeowners from foreclosure to the tune of $50 million. What? I'm confused.
As much as I love to see Goldman under the microscope, this sounds really odd and opens up a can of worms that we probably don't want to crack open.
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Isn't Barney and GS cut from the same cloth? I always thought so...lol
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