[ cheers and applause ] it s all right. a new found wall street used his words as a basis for some of the dialogue. greed is good. greed is right. greed works. [ applause ] when michael douglas said greed is good, there s a cartoon expression. but there s truth to it. there was a sense that it is okay to be greedy. it is okay to maximize your wealth. what i want to see above all is, that this country remains a country where someone can always get rich. big companies gobbling up little companies. little companies gobbling up big companies. eight years ago, there were 1500 corporate takeovers. last year there were 4,000 involving $200 billion. this kind of deal is called a leveraged buyout. the company borrows assemoney u