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40. Ah, the sting of fines, paid by other people, and then written off

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Wed May 27, 2015, 06:21 PM

May 2015

I'm sure they learned several valuable lessons.

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U.S. banks engaged in biggest price-fixing conspiracy in modern history. [View all] think May 2015 OP

If corporations were really people, their heads would fit in a guillotine corkhead May 2015 #1

I think it would only take one or two strokes of this blade erronis May 2015 #2

That method still works nicely on the people hifiguy May 2015 #33

Until I see a banking executive in chains, this in not a republic any longer. Moostache May 2015 #3

I want to see the Perp Walk. bvar22 May 2015 #25

Bring back the stocks and the pillory. hifiguy May 2015 #34

I could get behind that! bvar22 May 2015 #36

I'd like to start with that crook Dimon. SoapBox May 2015 #4

There new mantra, We're "too- big- to- jail" RR2 May 2015 #5

The "boring job" of pushing money around is actually a high stakes game Snarkoleptic May 2015 #6

K & R !!! WillyT May 2015 #7

Imagine Robert Reich as Secretary of Treasury. Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #8

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That's why I came up with this... Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #13

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Love it! hifiguy May 2015 #37

Reich sat on his hands when inside the Clintonista bubble. Ikonoklast May 2015 #11

He did speak up at the time but was ignored. Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #12

Yes, he spoke up all right. Ikonoklast May 2015 #14

Got a link? Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #17

How many do you need? Ikonoklast May 2015 #18

It says it was Lloyd Benson who pushed it.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #19

Reich is a Free Trader. Ikonoklast May 2015 #20

He knows there has to be worker protections.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #21

Lloyd Bentsen made a fortune on the S&L scams, too. Octafish May 2015 #31

Poppy Bush was a scary guy.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #35

A Family Thing. Octafish May 2015 #39

That's quite a job you did back then.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #45

Thanks once again dreamnightwind May 2015 #47

Actually, he helped Bill sell NAFTA to a reluctant Congress. closeupready May 2015 #15

Can I commit outright fraud turbinetree May 2015 #9

The tone is set at the top - if people at the top contemptuously disregard federal laws, closeupready May 2015 #16

That's the ticket! think May 2015 #23

I just about got dizzy reading that. hifiguy May 2015 #38

Loretta Lynch seems pretty useless. Nothing to see here.... Hotler May 2015 #22

An Eric Holder clone. bvar22 May 2015 #27

K & R Dont call me Shirley May 2015 #24

What the hell is wrong with you people? MannyGoldstein May 2015 #28

Does this mean we're not getting the ponies & ice cream? think May 2015 #41

The fix is in - eom dreamnightwind May 2015 #48

If we were serious about trying to change this, we'd peacefully assemble on Wall St - oops leveymg May 2015 #29

Well, it's like democratic ''Double Bookkeeping'' where what we want is tallied on one side... Octafish May 2015 #32

Just put the Glennon book on my request list at the library. hifiguy May 2015 #43

Please don't disturb Loretta Lynch...she's too busy making headlines with the soccer scandal. libdem4life May 2015 #30

Ah, the sting of fines, paid by other people, and then written off Babel_17 May 2015 #40

You can bet your ass that the banks have money set aside hifiguy May 2015 #42

I honestly think these people should get the death penalty. Marr May 2015 #44

you'd think holder could have found someone to put in jail in something this big Doctor_J May 2015 #46

wait till you see the Boom Bust Boom movie olddots May 2015 #49

Some resist, some assist. nt raouldukelives May 2015 #50