Excellent Commentary, ByLoSelHi
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What is even more telling is that you can view the US as a bucket of water owned by individuals and companies.
There are individuals and companies that specialize in trading water, and thus take ownership of more water on a prorata basis.
GS, MS, MER....and others by design have to continue to take more than their share of water to progress.
Thus they are always positioning themselves to take as much water as possible, from those that have water within the US.
Thus if you have some water, they will be finding a way to get what water you have. They are not and never will be working for you to keep your water.
And they are armed with advantages such as legal largesse to make it very difficult for you to add more than a normal share of water for youself, and to safeguard their own.
Note how many GS are also in high government positions. Note how often you see ex SEC officials on Bloomberg that now make many times the money they used to make in the SEC....Note how many ex SEC employees are now WS corporate employees. Quite a bit of incest.
This is a very demanding self game, to trade and continually take more than your fair share of water, and if you do, speaks volumes for your intelligence and due respect......