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In reply to the discussion: Matt Taibbi: You Can Go to Prison for Pot, While Big Banks Get Away With Laundering Drug Cartel Cash [View all]Initech
(100,068 posts)11. Just goes to show you who the real criminals in society are.
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Matt Taibbi: You Can Go to Prison for Pot, While Big Banks Get Away With Laundering Drug Cartel Cash [View all]
marmar
Dec 2012
OP
Isn't that special huh? We obviously have two laws for the same offense in this country.
teddy51
Dec 2012
#2
Excellent piece! Taibbi's summation of the rationale of the Obama administration in regards to...
Poll_Blind
Dec 2012
#4
Disclaimer: I work for a bank who did this very same thing, though on a smaller scale
arcane1
Dec 2012
#9
Oh I hear ya. You know, in the case you describe...that doesn't anger me too much, but...
Poll_Blind
Dec 2012
#22
Do people arrested for possession of marijuana ever get 'deferred prosecutions'?
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#20
Yes, nothing happened. But Bradley Manning is in jail, and Julian Assange who was the first to
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#30
So we're lucky to have people like Matt explain to us the truth of our justice system...
midnight
Dec 2012
#37
Life sentence for holding boyfriend's little bag of coke, ZERO for financial terrorism HSBC
MrMickeysMom
Dec 2012
#15
And it doesn't stop there - Mexican Drug Cartel Laundered Money Through BofA, FBI Alleges
DaniDubois
Dec 2012
#28
You can buy as many semi automatic weapons as you want, but smoke a joint and go to prison.
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2012
#41