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Stacy Summary:  This is really beyond the point of something to get angry about.  Clearly, it is a system that enough Americans tolerate because it is a system in which so many Americans think they can be Timmy’s friend one day.  It’s called the American Dream but it sounds like those crazy fantasists that believe they have a close relationship with celebrities.  And Timmy’s wishful thinking peasant defenders are like deranged Michael Jackson fans.

• Geithner aides reaped millions working for banks, hedge funds

Some of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s closest aides, none of whom faced Senate confirmation, earned millions of dollars a year working for Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Citigroup Inc. and other Wall Street firms, according to financial disclosure forms.

The advisers include Gene Sperling, who last year took in $887,727 from Goldman Sachs and $158,000 for speeches mostly to financial companies, including the firm run by accused Ponzi scheme mastermind R. Allen Stanford. Another top aide, Lee Sachs, reported more than $3 million in salary and partnership income from Mariner Investment Group, a New York hedge fund.