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Wall Street puts profit over people

Published: 15 October, 2009, 10:32
Edited: 17 October, 2009, 06:33


A businessman walks along Broadway in the financial district in New York City. (AFP Photo / Mario Tama / Getty Images)

“The main driving force within any Wall Street company is the bonus and the profit. The bonus comes first and the profit later,” scorns Nomi Prins, former banker, author of ‘It Takes A Pillage’.

 
2 COMMENTS
armen08 October 16, 2009, 04:09 quote
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What a revelation! Profits come before people, and power comes before profits? Paraphrasing Ed Kennedy: "And the TRUTH shall never die."

Sarah October 16, 2009, 12:59 quote
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They can do whatever they want and get away with it. It's like that song, "Getting Away With Murder." Well, when the bubble bursts, I'm just going to laugh again far away because I'm not paying for this or fighting it. I've been exploited my whole life. I am a done drone. They'll just come again. It doesn't what I do or how safe I think I am.

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