masonfisk
A great companion piece w/The Big Shirt, Inside Job gives all the details, from soup to nuts, of the 2008 financial meltdown. More horrifying than most slasher films, this doc shows us the greed that pervaded our financial system at the expense of many investors. The conclusions made by this film almost play as epilogue to the current state of our new president's attitude toward future finances, where deregulation will be severely curtailed.
kosmasp
I mean seriously: Is it surprising that people with a lot of money can not get enough. We call it greed and it is looked down upon by the majority of people (especially those who just are not in that position to screw people over to gain personally from that). It's obvious and if you listen to the things being said, it should have been even more obvious this was going to be a car crash.One with many victims, but also a couple of people who made money off of it. Again morally bankrupt, but not financially. What's even worse is that you can't really make those people pay. The ones who made most of it, have too many lawyers, too much money, to get into real trouble. That being all said and while the sentiment and the overall watching will hurt (if you're even the least bit compassionate), it's still one of those documentaries you want to watch ... Hopefully it means people learn from this, but do we really believe this won't happen again, one way or another?
blanche-2
"Inside Job" is the story of the big bank bailout and all of the criminals behind what happened and how it happened. By criminals, I'm talking about the heads of security firms, and people in the administration, those people.I already knew this, but it bears mentioning again.This is just one nugget. When Bush appointed Henry Paulson to be Secretary of the Treasury, Paulson by law had to sell his $425 million of AIG stock. Thanks to a law pushed through by the other Bush, he didn't have to pay one dime of taxes on it. Not a cent. Meanwhile, the IRS is harassing me to file my taxes (which I am not required to do because I don't owe money) and says if I don't, they're taking away money I receive to help pay for my medications.As the documentary said, the rich have gotten richer, none of these criminals who put through the subprime loans and gave anybody off the street a mortgage has faced charges, or had to return any money.If you aren't aware of what a Fascist government is, here it is, from FDR's speech before Congress in 1938: ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. As one gentleman stated in this documentary, we are a Wall Street controlled government. President Obama promised all kinds of regulations. We didn't get any. Why? The billions paid to lobbyists by Wall Street. In any other venue, this would be considered bribery. In government, it's business as usual. The tax reforms made by Bush helped the wealthiest people who make up 1% in the country. Not you, not me.This is a very depressing look at how the securities firms fought regulation of their scams (which were being given triple A ratings), how the administration, Bernake, the SEC, how everybody looked the other way, how anyone who said anything about regulation was told to keep his or her mouth shut and not pursue it. The same people are still in power. They're paid consultants, they work in the government, they are presidents of universities. They ran their companies into the ground and walked away with millions and millions and millions of dollars. And they plan on doing it again.Watch this, but have a barf bag nearby.
Matt Radzik
Amazing doc about the financial scum bags that are found in academia, boards of financial institutions, etc. Some of these banks and academic professors at Columbia are absolute criminals!!!! These guys are appalling!!!!Columbia University, Federal Reserve, US government and US banks, they all profited from the financial crisis and faced no punishment. The US financial system is a complete disaster! They really need to start putting some of these guys in jail because that is where they belong, IMHO.Hopefully this doc will get people thinking and start to make some changes in the financial system.
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