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8. Rooting for a new sheriff on WallStreet. Elizabeth Warren:

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Banking Is a Criminal Industry Because Its Crimes Go Unpunished [View all] Octafish Dec 2012 OP

du rec. nt xchrom Dec 2012 #1

Gap in U.S. Bank Prosecutions Seen Octafish Dec 2012 #2

Banking also enabled me to buy a house for my daughters after my divorce. randome Dec 2012 #3

True. There are good bankers, as well. The point is the bad go unpunished for their crimes. Octafish Dec 2012 #4

Too often, I agree. randome Dec 2012 #5

Apparently the Democrats haven't had sufficient power rudycantfail Dec 2012 #26

Was that sarcasm? Not blaming you if it was. randome Dec 2012 #31

Yes it was. rudycantfail Dec 2012 #35

Like I said, it's understandable. I share your frustration. randome Dec 2012 #41

The pizza parlors in The French Connection sold pizzas. ret5hd Dec 2012 #37

I prefer to think of my home loan as a safe haven for my daughters. randome Dec 2012 #42

Our preferences don't change facts. ret5hd Dec 2012 #51

I think we are mainly talking about investment banks here and not "home town" banks and not byeya Dec 2012 #6

Exactly. The S&L lootings were models for 2008. Octafish Dec 2012 #7

As I recall the S&L lootings were enabled when the law raising the FDIC insured byeya Dec 2012 #14

The new law enabled S&Ls to act like commercial banks, as well... Octafish Dec 2012 #20

I would do business with a good s&l in a heartbeat. burnsei sensei Dec 2012 #27

Rooting for a new sheriff on WallStreet. Elizabeth Warren: think Dec 2012 #8

I hear ya. So do the big banks... Octafish Dec 2012 #16

I would not be surprised if Schumer used his influence to keep her off a committee where byeya Dec 2012 #19

Question - Why did Lehmman, Bear, and Merrill Lynch bankrupt themselves? banned from Kos Dec 2012 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #11

'bank griefers?' leftstreet Dec 2012 #17

Face the facts. 100's of financial excutives have been indicted and/or convicted banned from Kos Dec 2012 #25

Why JP Morgan gets away with bad bets... Octafish Dec 2012 #24

Well, I appreciate your reply. banned from Kos Dec 2012 #28

Reassuring everyone rudycantfail Dec 2012 #45

Yes, that is the case but it is certainly not an "explicit subsidy" Why is Black so wrong? banned from Kos Dec 2012 #47

Deposit insurance is an rudycantfail Dec 2012 #49

Non sequitor. banned from Kos Dec 2012 #50

It's certainly a subsidy rudycantfail Dec 2012 #53

One person's "speculation" is another person's "hedge". dkf Dec 2012 #33

Or Corzine with MF Global. dkf Dec 2012 #32

CEO-Governor-Senator Bankster? Octafish Dec 2012 #52

Any crime that goes unpunished will be repeated if there's money innit. Baitball Blogger Dec 2012 #10

Well-stated. What Cass Sunstein said... Octafish Dec 2012 #30

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"The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, redqueen Dec 2012 #15

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Geithner sacrificed homeowners to “foam the runway” for the banks. Octafish Dec 2012 #43

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Neil Bush knows all about that. nt redqueen Dec 2012 #13

Neil Bush? The friend of the Russian oligarchs and Rev. Moon? Octafish Dec 2012 #21

DURec leftstreet Dec 2012 #18

Hey, leftstreet! Whatever happened to LIBOR? Octafish Dec 2012 #54

k and r nashville_brook Dec 2012 #22

Eliot Spitzer explains the What's What and the Who's Who in the continuing Great Fraud. Octafish Dec 2012 #55

Criminals have migrated into banking as a legit way to make $$$$$ without the hassle of RKP5637 Dec 2012 #29

Money can corrupt as completely as absolute power. Octafish Dec 2012 #48

Thanks for the link. It was chilling to read!!! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #56

Iceland jailed the bankers that killed their economy riverbendviewgal Dec 2012 #34

Yes. You don't need "evidence". You don't need "proof beyond a reasonable doubt". Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #36

It would be good if the banksters also weren't the regulators. Octafish Dec 2012 #39

K&R nt Zorra Dec 2012 #38

James Galbraith summed up the predicament for Bill Moyers...IBGYBG Octafish Dec 2012 #59

"Some will rob you with a six-gun, And some with a fountain pen." Woody Guthrie Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2012 #40

''The best way to rob a bank is to own one.'' William K. Black Octafish Dec 2012 #57

Bankers are in jail in Iceland Ichingcarpenter Dec 2012 #46

They will continue to pencil America out of her eye teeth because they can and no one is doing a lonestarnot Dec 2012 #58