You Will Anyway: Blankfein on the third rail

Saturday, March 14, 2026

Blankfein on the third rail

He's gonna get exiled from the upper class talking like that.

But wait...

[Bernie] Sanders took offense when [Lloyd Blankfein, longtime CEO of Goldman Sachs], in a 2012 segment on “60 Minutes,” said, “You’re going to have to undoubtedly do something to lower people’s expectations” that they will get their full Social Security and Medicare benefits because “we can’t afford it.” Blankfein advocated an increase in the eligibility age for both programs as well as other cuts because “entitlements have to be slowed down and contained.”

The Intercept

What happened to make Lloyd sing a different tune?

Well, if you listen to that clip, the murder of the ultra wealthy health care CEO has billionaires worried that the rubes will "come after" them "with pitchforks." They're sensing a Marie Antoinette moment coming.

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