Keep Antagonizing John Paulson And Maybe He Takes His Ball And Goes Offshore
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.