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Goldman Sachs CEO Sees Long Recession
CNBC Online ^ | June 10, 2009

Posted on 06/10/2009 2:52:05 PM PDT by pleikumud

CEO Lloyd Blankfein said on Wednesday he believed a current upturn in world markets was probably not a full recovery from crisis and said he expected a further long recession. "I think it's going to be a long proctracted recession," he told an international regulators conference in Tel Aviv. Addressing a current upturn in markets, he said: "There is no reason to think this is it ... So many things have to be sorted out. Why would this be the recovery? "The chances are it's not."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blankfein; depression; goldmansachs; recession; socialists; unemployment
I think Blankfein is right, but he may be too optimistic. Obama plans to let the Bush tax cuts expire, which means about $1 trillion in new taxes. Plus, Socialist Obama and his Socialist Congress will enact cap & trade, which will substantially increase the cost of electricity for everyone in the U.S.

Together, the above actions will kill millions of businesses and millions of jobs. The unemployment rate will rise to 15-20% and that will be a depression, not a recession. We will have hyper-inflation caused by the trillions upon trillions in new national debt (money being printed). Interest rates will rise significantly, GDP will be negative, and tax revenues will therefore decline even though rates will be higher.

Obama and Congress are on a course to destroy our economy and freedom.

Everyone should write to his congressmorons and hold them accountable for the destruction of our country.

1 posted on 06/10/2009 2:52:06 PM PDT by pleikumud
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To: pleikumud; sickoflibs; TigerLikesRooster; bamahead
Obama and Congress are on a course to destroy our economy and freedom.

So what else is new?

It's not like Americans one day decided to take this course. Decades upon decades of both Democrats and Republicans, ensconced in all branches and levels of government, have guided the U.S. to where it stands today, simply by disregarding the warnings of the Founders.

2 posted on 06/10/2009 2:55:46 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 ("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
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To: pleikumud

Well which is it - depression or hyper-inflation...?


3 posted on 06/10/2009 2:56:42 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: pleikumud
he believed a current upturn in world markets was probably not a full recovery

Ummm...why would anyone think it was? The DOW is at 8700 The high last year was over 14,000.

We have seen some lifting of the markets. That's good, and expect it to cautiously continue. The reason investors are taking heart - despite Oshama's "approval" ratings, his pet programs are in peril.

Cap and trade is on the ropes. If socialized medicine also gets trashed look out. DOW will get close to 10,000.

4 posted on 06/10/2009 2:59:35 PM PDT by what's up
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To: 2banana

Stagflation.

It’s coming.


5 posted on 06/10/2009 3:07:01 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: pleikumud

Don’t underestimate the power of 0 to force bad policies on us. He is the first president the US has had who wants to destroy America. His damage will exceed all of the damage all of the presidents before him have inflicted upon this country. Count on it. His Marxist friends are.


6 posted on 06/10/2009 3:22:44 PM PDT by pallis
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To: pleikumud

interesting how goldman sachs got their money out of aig.


7 posted on 06/10/2009 3:25:59 PM PDT by ken21 (i am not voting for a rino-progressive.)
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To: 2banana

Well which is it - depression or hyper-inflation...?
.........................
We could have both. 20% unemployed and $15 for a loaf of bread.


8 posted on 06/10/2009 3:31:53 PM PDT by pleikumud
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To: 2banana

http://www.shadowstats.com/article/hyperinflation


9 posted on 06/10/2009 3:38:50 PM PDT by pleikumud
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To: pleikumud

Prepare:

Guns and Ammo - Ammo and Guns


10 posted on 06/10/2009 3:39:30 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
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To: Red in Blue PA

“This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future!” - Adolf Hitler

All totalitarian, socialist governments have taken guns away from their citizens so they could not defend themselves. That’s why our Founders included the 2nd Amendment in the Bill of Rights: “The right of the PEOPLE to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”

Obama would like to copy Hitler.


11 posted on 06/10/2009 4:42:18 PM PDT by pleikumud
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To: pleikumud

Not only are we going to have hyperinflation, we will have high energy/gasoline prices and possibly gas rationing. This will be due to government not allowing drilling domestically (IE cancelling current drilling contracts and not allowing new ones). Also, Israel WILL attack Iran sometime soon, and Iran will react.


12 posted on 06/10/2009 5:36:37 PM PDT by Thunder90
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To: Thunder90

I think we should attack Iran ASAP. But we (and the rest of the world) are waiting for Israel to lead the way. We are afraid to act.


13 posted on 06/10/2009 5:53:59 PM PDT by pleikumud
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To: pleikumud

Food for thought.


14 posted on 06/10/2009 10:17:34 PM PDT by Ciexyz (I heard Joe the Plumber speak 03-30-2009.)
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