As you may have heard, after occupying downtown Manhattan for the last 25 days, those protesting Wall Street (etc) announced that they’d be making a trip up North, with stops at the Upper East Side homes of, among others, Jamie Dimon and John Paulson. Before they made an appearance at the Paulson and Co founder’s house, JP issued the following statement/suggestion:
“The top 1% of New Yorkers pay over 40% of all income taxes, providing huge benefits to everyone in our city and state. Paulson & Co. and its employees have paid hundreds of millions of dollars in New York City and New York State taxes in recent years and have created over 100 high paying jobs in New York City since its formation. New York currently has the highest income taxes of any state in the country and thousands of businesses have fled New York to states with no income taxes such as Florida, Texas and Nevada, or moved offshore.
Instead of vilifying our most successful businesses, we should be supporting them and encouraging them to remain in New York City and continue to grow.”
Apparently organizers of the march were not swayed and after choosing not to take the advice, made their planned stop at Paulson’s townhouse, where they left him a (slightly mixed) message of their own.
[JustinElliot via BI]
Sure, it could be sarcasm but maybe it’s a dare? In which case, you picked the wrong guy to take a risk on cashing that thing.
At least it wasn't another redemption notice………..
Didn't these idiots read my post in the opening bell? He's getting a tax refund this year!
No stop at the Soros house? Or is he still a foreign citizen and therefore not technically part of "the [presumably American] one percent"?
You think B of A will take this? I didn't make payroll in September.
- J. Paulson
In an interesting twist I've decided to run my funds into the ground to avoid paying taxes and to prove my point: You will miss the tax money you ungrateful bastards.
No Really, I'm doing it on purpose.
They are doing it wrong!
May I suggest better candidates for a home visit:
Chuck Prince
Stan O'Neal
Franklin Raines
Dick Fuld
Angelo Mozilo
Mom and Pop at Golden West
Joe Cassano
Feel free to add more names as home visit candidates for the OWS team.
And you know, I am no closer to China if I sit in Florida, so I can lose money on Chinese frauds just as effectively from there, you hippies!
I respect the fact that as a hedge fund manager, there was never a dime of government money sent his way. I really respect the balls it takes to call -47% YTD "most successful".
Who is John Paulson Galt?
Jimmy Cayne, obvs
Barry Soetoro
James E. Cayne
Sam Molinaro
That's a double! Restock on the cheebs and protest Jimmy's actions.
I'm sick and tired of these cocksuckers and their empty threats. I wish Washington would just freeze their assets and set the IRS on their asses to hound them into early graves. Remember scumbags the government has forever.
Really? Empty threat? Are you actually going to stay until "Wall Street crumbles"? That's not an empty threat?
The government does not own time
-AIG Quant
I would think that someone who has spent the past month just sitting on a sidewalk "protesting" wouldn't be calling other people's threats (that were never made) empty.
"I fart in your general direction, you tiny-brained wipers of other people's bottoms. Now go away before I taunt you a second time."
– That little devil on John's shoulder.
Better to freeze their asses and set the IRS on their assets, no?
Please make sure you put your cool "Occupy Wall Street" condom on before doing so, we dont want that sh*t you've picked up in the park spreading any further.
Head over to Daily Kos then kill yourself
The man who said he would move all his money offshore, and did?
Torch that fuckin place.
This is why he bought a unit in Olympic tower…
I say Paulson try to have the check deposited, and then get the protesters arrested for check fraud.
So, basically, what you want is Fascism.
Well I guess Mussolini did make the trains run on time.
Your eloquence is overwhelming.
The same government that gave us your tax money? I'm pretty sure they don't care about you either. If you would change your fucking attitude, I might actually be willing to pull some strings and get you into our mail room…
Where are the customers' capital gains taxes?
Ask John Gotti, dickwad.
Fucking Paulson!!!!!!!!!
-Harvey Keitel
Qu'ils mangent de la Brioche!
I think they used Kinko's to do this. Isn't that big business?
Get a job, dickwad.
Wait – first get a shower, then get a job. The order of things is important here.
Fuck your madre, dickwad.
Best part of you ran down your mother's leg.
Nah, cold weather's coming. But some bright people are attracted to the cause and sooner or later we'll figure out how to rid the system of you bloodsucking cunts. It's coming.
Which apartment?
I'd be pissed if I looked like this too. Take it easy on the poor kid guys and let him get back to protesting and his World of Warcraft tournaments.
http://dealbreaker.com/2011/09/portrait-of-a-wall…
What's with all the negative waves, man?
That's a long distance phone call OWS protesters cant afford, however stick around in that park long enough and you'll come down with something that will put you in touch with him personally.
Enjoy
chinga tu madre pendejo
Mame mis huevos vato.
Pull on this pole smoker