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In reply to the discussion: NYT slams the government for choosing not to prosecute HSBC top-bankers [View all]banned from Kos
(4,017 posts)24. tell Manny, not me.
It is in the top post of his.
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NYT slams the government for choosing not to prosecute HSBC top-bankers [View all]
Welcome_hubby
Dec 2012
OP
Yep, except for the "will own" part. Won't his true believers excuse him for all of his actions and
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#30
The message I get from this is 'do as you damn well please' and just hold some reserve cash for
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#2
Which would hurt HSBC more? A $1.9 billion fine or some mid-level New York account rep
banned from Kos
Dec 2012
#5
Yep, very good point. The little guys would be rolled over as scapegoats, but those up the
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#15
At least with BP they offer us some low level sacrificial lambs! If you have money in this country,
Dustlawyer
Dec 2012
#6
Yes, that is my point. When a corporate crime is committed one must find the culprit.
banned from Kos
Dec 2012
#7
"When a corporate crime is committed one must find the culprit." If that's not what Holder says,
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#31
I heard on the news last night that HSBC claimed those individuals had been let go. Was not
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#14
When a corporation is found guilty in this fashion, it should come under government control
Orrex
Dec 2012
#18
The upper ranks have some plausible deniability in this case, they can say they didn't know...
uponit7771
Dec 2012
#19
We are to cheer because a further, devastating blow *might* be withheld, maybe.
woo me with science
Dec 2012
#34