This is America: Corporate stealing is practically the national pastime, and Goldman Sachs is far from the only company to get away with doing it.
Matt Taibbi
America has two national budgets, one official, one unofficial.
At least Bank of America got its name right. The ultimate Too Big to Fail bank really is America, a hypergluttonous ward of the state whose limitless... →
In other countries they have histories with revolutions and class movements. In America, people don't like to think of themselves like being in a... →
Since the end of the Cold War, America has been grasping left and right for an identity.
Everything in America is so uniform. In Russia, everywhere you go is completely insane.
America's always had a real passion for lunatic movements. That's one of the things we're probably known for around the world, I would... →
In America, it takes about two weeks in the limelight for the whole country to think you've been around for years.
America is a country that has been skating for ages on its unparalleled ability to look marvelous on the outside.
In a pure capitalist system, an institution as moronic and corrupt as Bank of America would be swiftly punished by the market - the executives would... →