Why did the financial firms get a $700 BILLION bail-out from the Federal Government? Watch the movie, "Inside Job narrated by Matt Damon." This movie is an analysis of the 2008 financial melt down of the Banking industry and what has lead to some of today's public frustration and a major cause of the Occupy Wall St. movement. I saw it On Demand for free from my cable company. I think its also running on Starz or Encore regularly. Here's the preview:
When I used to lived close to NYC, every once in a while, I would run into guys that worked in the financial district in lower Manhattan and they would blow through money like it was confetti at a ticker-tape parade. I'm talking $5 to $10 grand at a time, and these guys weren't even that high up the ladder yet. The guys who are at the top do whatever the fuck they want because they have the politicians (the law makers) in their back pockets. Watch the documentary and you'll see what I mean.
When I used to lived close to NYC, every once in a while, I would run into guys that worked in the financial district in lower Manhattan and they would blow through money like it was confetti at a ticker-tape parade. I'm talking $5 to $10 grand at a time, and these guys weren't even that high up the ladder yet. The guys who are at the top do whatever the fuck they want because they have the politicians (the law makers) in their back pockets. Watch the documentary and you'll see what I mean.