more. Why is the link in this article different to what was posted recently as the deal that was being proposed? That deal definitely was proposing stopping any lawsuits by victims of those practices with a settlement with the banks. I am not sure if it would have prevented criminal prosecutions.
But no one was dreaming, and this was not the first such proposal. The problem they are having getting these proposals agreed upon, is that the people, many of them victims, will not accept letting the banks off the hook again.
And secondly, because of States Attorneys such as CA and NY who have refused to go along with them. And the protests that have targeted the banks. So had not all these factors been present, there is little doubt that a proposal to let the banks off the hook with a slap on the wrist, which is what that money is to them, would have happened by now.
The pressure that was put on the States Attorneys nearly worked, but they were pressured by the people in their states not to even think about it. Last week the number of States Attorneys refusing to join such an agreement grew to 13.
Had it not been for the 'breathless' dissenters, none of what is now happening would have happened. So thank you all, breathless dissenters, we need more, not fewer of them.