Reply #122: That's the propaganda, thanks for repeating it

[specimenfred1984]

Who is speculating is the real question? The big banks/investment firms/insurance/real estate/derivative/frauds is who. Who should be regulated and not allowed to "speculate" on the level(s) they did today and in the past to prevent massive fraud? They should be. This is NOT speculation by innocent little gamblers with a few extra bucks to play with, this is widespread fraud, propaganda, embezzlement, conspiracy and corruption.

Americans had a trust in our financial system, a belief that a person could invest in what they were being told they were investing in, but not anymore. The "speculation" today was market manipulation by huge fascist firms who do now follow any laws and could care less about the United States 1 day from now, much less a year or 10 years from now. Dismissing an entire system of corruption as "speculators" is the same type of dismissal of torture and war crimes as "a lapse in judgment".

This is an entire system of fascism.