I despise LLoyd Blankfein above all the rest because he forgot.

[Are_grits_groceries]

He forgot where he grew up, and those he grew up with.
He forgot how hard people have to work to make a living.
He forgot what a community means.
He forgot that his education was founded on public schools.
He forgot about the people left working just as hard as he ever did who may not have attained his wealth.

Most of all, he forgot that he needed to reach back and help those who are still in the struggle now just to survive.

I don't care how much he may have given to whatever charity or organization. Goldman Sachs under his leadership and that of others helped destroy the economy that was supporting not only those he once knew, but an entire way of life for a lot of people. He and his company don't have enough money to fix that.

Blankfein said that he was doing God's work. Blankfein was mistaken because he thought he was God.

Blankfein was born in the Bronx borough of New York City, raised Jewish and reared in Brooklyn's Linden Houses, part of the New York City Housing Authority. His father was a clerk with the U.S. Postal Service branch in the Manhattan borough of New York City<2> and his mother, a receptionist. As a boy, he worked as a concession vendor at Yankee Stadium. He received primary and secondary education in the public schools of the New York City Department of Education, and was the valedictorian at Thomas Jefferson High School in 1971. He attended Harvard, where he lived in Winthrop House, and earned his B.A. degree in 1975. In 1978, Blankfein received a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Blankfein

MEH!

[lunatica]

1. There's no accounting for what causes shrinkage of the soul

On the face of it his story looks just like all the other glorious hometown boys who made it good. He certainly doesn't seem to have suffered for want of basic comforts or opportunities. So who knows.

[KharmaTrain]

2. He Didn't Forget At All...

If anything, that background fueled his greed. Call ita "horder's mentality" as he surely grew up having to make the most with the least and cut corners or rob or steal if the ends justifies the means. It's living in fear of those meager times and never feeling enough is enough.

He was also caught up in a high stakes game...where money were numbers and people were "clients"...living in a bubble world where the games were rigged in favor of the house and the human factor is long removed. It's all about the numbers on the bottom line...it's how his life has been rated. He's a thorough company man who saw no wrong in what he did as in the end the company prospered and through it all was good. He has no regrets nor ever will.

[secondwind]

3. GS made 134 million yesterday, while the rest of the market went south!

[Turbineguy]

4. But...... how could they be doing harm?

they were making money!