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"What you need to know is the big picture: If America is circling the drain, Goldman Sachs has found a way to be that drain an extremely unfortunate loophole in the system of Western democratic capitalism, which never foresaw that in a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy."
What happens to your sound businesses if the US dollar ceases to function as the world's reserve currency?
How much of your wealth is held in non-dollar denominated assets?
For "Government" Sachs alums like Hank Paulson, Robert Rubin, Robert Steel, Joshua Bolten, Mark Patterson and Ed Liddy, who hold much of their wealth in assets not based on the US dollar, inflation becomes an attractive way to make national debt disappear.
How do your businesses fare if inflation turns every $5 bill in this country into a $1?
Are you really arrogant enough to believe you will survive Great Depression 2.0 untouched?
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Goldman Sachs doesn't cause inflation. Only the government can do that. If the dollar ceases to be the world's currency, it will be because the government has debased it and destroyed our economy, not because of Goldman Sachs. The later is only an issue because government officials are in cahoots with the firm and bail it out.