Weak Populism

I feel so sorry for all these Goldman Sachs employees that spent all their bonus money and now need to take out loans in order to meet their contractual obligations to invest millions in Goldman’s elite investment funds. And those poor AIG employees that are being heavily recruited on Wall Street absolutely must get their bonuses or they’ll take plum jobs elsewhere and rape and pillage what’s left of their old company…

I don’t know if it is possible for people to be less sympathetic. We’re a country that should be throwing people in prison left and right and confiscating ill-earned gains. But we can’t face up to the thievery and corruption, so we just throw more money at the scoundrels and ask why they don’t get more respect.

Author: BooMan

Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.