Gordon Gekko

You've used the movies to kind of chart these points in your life.

And Gordon Gekko, he's such a defining figure on how Wall Street is seen, kind of personification of all that capitalism and greed and how it's still seen today.

Yes, I'm proud of the fact, Oliver, that so many of my movies, even though they're 30, 40 years old, reflect what's going on today.

I think that's like American President.

I know, that is wild to me.

I almost expected her to have those giant Gordon Gekko cell phones.

Right.

But she did not, which probably would have saved a ton of trouble

All right? Greed, folks.

What did Gordon Gekko say in the movie Wall Street? Greed is good.

And that is how these people function when we're talking about bankers and we're talking about people like Elaine Maxwell.

Following Maxwell's arrest in New Hampshire this month, federal prosecutors said they have identified more than 15 bank accounts associated with her from 2016 to the present, including at banks based in the UK and Switzerland.

I think he's the worst boss in movie history.

Maybe Gordon Gekko might be up there as well, but he's pretty terrible.

But their reason why the Turing test isn't how we know the Turing test to be, do you think that's good writing or...?

I think it's just two different, entirely two different objectives, isn't it? One was to say, can you make something that is indistinguishable from a human in a communication? The other one is, and that's very different from, is this being conscious?

So right to repair is you should have the ability to repair your own product and the manufacturer should not be putting intentional roadblocks in your way of doing so.

And there's this misconception that right to repair means that I want to have a cell phone that's the side of what Gordon Gekko was using in the movie Wall Street.

And that's not really what it's about.

Right to repair is about manufacturers not putting intentional barriers between you and your ability to do your job.

Milton Friedman and very famous economist from university of Chicago and his mantra that the primary social responsibility of business was to maximize profits for the shareholders and, of course.

that spun out movies like Gordon Gekko, Wall Street.

Yeah, Gordon Gekko, Wall Street.

We're here to, you know.

Green is good.

But let me get down to this and I'll grab your calls in a minute at 866-391-1020.

So Barb Warwick suddenly turns into Gordon Gekko or something or some sort of financial maverick, right? She's culpable in the city being broke, and somebody needs to remind her.

Again, I don't live in the city, but I champion the causes of people who I think are getting screwed, and this is a big one.

Taxing unearned income is ridiculous, and that's socialist policy.