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In reply to the discussion: Lanny Breuer Cashes in After Not Prosecuting Wall Street Execs-- Approximate Salary of 4 million $ [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)33. Well deserved.
For the non-paupers in spirit, a pot of gold awaits...

Neil Barofsky Gave Us The Best Explanation For Washington's Dysfunction We've Ever Heard
Linette Lopez
Business Insider, Aug. 1, 2012, 2:57 PM
Neil Barofsky was the Inspector General for TARP, and just wrote a book about his time in D.C. called Bailout: An Insider Account of How Washington Abandoned Main Street While Rescuing Wall Street.
SNIP...
Bottom line: Barofsky said the incentive structure in our nation's capitol is all wrong. There's a revolving door between bureaucrats in Washington and Wall Street banks, and politicians just want to keep their jobs.
For regulators it's something like this:
"You can play ball and good things can happen to you get a big pot of gold at the end of the Wall Street rainbow or you can do your job be aggressive and face personal ruin...We really need to rethink how we govern and how regulate," Barofsky said.
CONTINUED... http://www.businessinsider.com/neil-barofsky-2012-8
"Integrity is for paupers." -- traditional saying, ABCNNBCBSFixedNoiseNutworks
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Lanny Breuer Cashes in After Not Prosecuting Wall Street Execs-- Approximate Salary of 4 million $ [View all]
antigop
Mar 2013
OP
Not to forget - a lack of prosecutions is a consequence of persistent budget cuts
bhikkhu
Mar 2013
#8
You always get the argument from the RW that we don't need more laws, just enforce the ones we have.
bulloney
Mar 2013
#38
It would be interesting to know whether your Sen responds in a way other than "Thank you for
AnotherMcIntosh
Mar 2013
#57
No. There is a general five-year statute of limitations. Those who were hired to enforce the law
AnotherMcIntosh
Mar 2013
#58
Arne Duncan's press sec bailed a couple of weeks ago to work for sleazebag Murdoch.
Smarmie Doofus
Mar 2013
#62
So what does our President have to say about this corruption in his administration?
rhett o rick
Mar 2013
#64