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donnasgirl

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13. And you do not go to jail

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Thu Dec 13, 2012, 11:51 PM

Dec 2012

For stealing peoples retirements(hostess) but yet get a bonus

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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

...don't forget, they can launder money for terrorists too! spanone Dec 2012 #1

Isn't that special huh? We obviously have two laws for the same offense in this country. teddy51 Dec 2012 #2

Ball-less, lickspittle DOJ whatchamacallit Dec 2012 #3

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

Yep, and the activities of HSBC affect many other banks too... arcane1 Dec 2012 #23

And yet, we are expected to believe that corporations are "people" arcane1 Dec 2012 #5

k/r upi402 Dec 2012 #6

Do people arrested for possession of marijuana ever get 'deferred prosecutions'? sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #20

Agree ArcticFox Dec 2012 #35

They violated trading with the enemy act, and nothing happened? midnight Dec 2012 #7

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

Matt's apparently just going to keep point this out DirkGently Dec 2012 #8

....or until he gets killed for it. Occulus Dec 2012 #21

Stay out of light aircraft, Matt. DirkGently Dec 2012 #36

Hell YEAH! AND IT STILL GOES ON! n/t KoKo Dec 2012 #10

Just goes to show you who the real criminals in society are. Initech Dec 2012 #11

Kicked SoapBox Dec 2012 #12

And you do not go to jail donnasgirl Dec 2012 #13

K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2012 #14

Life sentence for holding boyfriend's little bag of coke, ZERO for financial terrorism HSBC MrMickeysMom Dec 2012 #15

Max Keiser Told Matt Taibbi This Story mckara Dec 2012 #16

Love those femrap Dec 2012 #17

K&R. n/t jtuck004 Dec 2012 #18

I hope he keeps talking about it until more than DU is russspeakeasy Dec 2012 #19

Too Big To Jail triplepoint Dec 2012 #24

K&R. Needs as much exposure as possible. Whovian Dec 2012 #25

Matt Taibbi is, now and forever, Man of the Year! mountain grammy Dec 2012 #26

Wouldn't it be interesting if the Cartel took revenge on the bankers.... WCGreen Dec 2012 #27

And it doesn't stop there - Mexican Drug Cartel Laundered Money Through BofA, FBI Alleges DaniDubois Dec 2012 #28

kick liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #29

K&R DeSwiss Dec 2012 #31

Love that cartoon !!! marmar Dec 2012 #33

What about these Corp fucks? dodging 2 billion in taxes - Zax2me Dec 2012 #32

The WoD is about creating a new slave class of inmates in private prisons. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #34

The rich and powerfull get off scott free again. blackspade Dec 2012 #38

This is the ultimate and end result of capitalism....... socialist_n_TN Dec 2012 #39

Hooray for double standards. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #40

You can buy as many semi automatic weapons as you want, but smoke a joint and go to prison. Warren DeMontague Dec 2012 #41