"Greedy" Larry Silverstein and WTC Project Corruption


	"Greedy" Larry Silverstein and WTC Project Corruption

blueridge

4-14-2009 11:36 PM

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larry silverstein, 9/11, wtc, freedom tower, ny port authority

blueridge says:

9/11 has been truly profitable for one man, Larry Silverstein. NY Daily News does not spare him here.

Quote from article:

It got so ugly that state officials branded Silverstein "greedy" and a "betrayer of the public trust."

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4-15-2009 8:17 AM

deb2012

"The payout is similar to a corporate "breakup fee," in which one company pays another - not to provide a service, but simply to walk away without suing after the collapse of a planned deal." Many already wealthy developers and bankers will continue to profit from this mess, don't ya know that's the just way capitalism works?

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