OK, now I’m suspicious. Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein says Wall Street will be the “biggest beneficiary” of financial reform:

“A financial regulatory reform bill has at least one supporter outside of Congressional Democrats, Lloyd Blankfein, the head of investment bank Goldman Sachs. “I’m generally supportive,” Blankfein told the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Wall Street will benefit from the bill because it will make the market safer, Blankfein said.

“The biggest beneficiary of reform is Wall Street itself,” he said.

I think one of the commenters at The Hill has the right analogy. “Oh please don’t throw me in the briar patch, said Br’er Rabbit.”

Or it could be that Blankfein and his fellow banksters are anticipating a favorable return on their investment:

“For the first time since 2004, the biggest Wall Street firms are now giving most of their campaign donations to Republicans.

A Wall Street Journal analysis of 12 large financial services companies, including J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. shows that they have collectively made $1.4 million in political donations, with 52% going to Republicans so far this year.”