The New York Stock Exchange

October 19, 2009 | Filed Under General, New York Photos 

“The richest 1% of this country owns half our country’s wealth, $5 trillion. One third of that comes from hard work, two thirds comes from inheritance, interest on interest accumulating to widows and idiot sons and what I do, stock and real estate speculation. It’s bullshit. You got 90% of the American public out there with little or no net worth. I create nothing. I own.” - Gordon Gekko, fictional character in Oliver Stone’s 1987 movie, Wall Street.

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