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jwirr

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21. This is why the robber barons of 2008 were never prosecuted

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Thu Nov 19, 2015, 05:56 PM

Nov 2015

because they passed laws making what they were doing legal. Laws like Glass-Steagall were repealed.

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House Bill Would Make It Harder To Prosecute White-Collar Crime [View all] n2doc Nov 2015 OP

I hate those motherfuckers! lonestarnot Nov 2015 #1

I second that! Rex Nov 2015 #7

Best gummint money can buy - if you have the means. forest444 Nov 2015 #25

Democrats need to speak out on this. Seriously. All our Presidential candidates should /nt think Nov 2015 #2

Other than Warren and Sanders, I predict silence from Dems on this n/t IDemo Nov 2015 #3

Unfortunately you're probably correct. /nt think Nov 2015 #4

Yeahup..... daleanime Nov 2015 #6

Correct. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #33

''The Criminal Code Improvement Act'' Octafish Nov 2015 #5

Precisely. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #34

But Obama would veto that, right? Right? Scuba Nov 2015 #8

Obama vetoes it if there is a large public outcry, and just as important, what's a gal gonna do, daybranch Nov 2015 #22

LOL! Enthusiast Nov 2015 #35

I always thought they were tough on crime gollygee Nov 2015 #9

Good dogs protecting their masters. marmar Nov 2015 #10

Life under corporate rule! Dustlawyer Nov 2015 #11

How can we tell the difference? CharlotteVale Nov 2015 #12

This is the GOP agenda. Protect the bastards who can hurt the most people at once. nt valerief Nov 2015 #13

Yip, it's countless things like this that make it hard to respect a conservative voter Johonny Nov 2015 #14

I doubt the average con voter would hear of this n2doc Nov 2015 #16

Really................................. turbinetree Nov 2015 #15

If you rob one guy, you're a dangerous criminal. If you rob millions, you're a bank. tclambert Nov 2015 #17

Grrrr!!!! They really don't give a shit do they?? Initech Nov 2015 #18

Drip, drip, drip. lark Nov 2015 #19

I didn't think it was possible... gregcrawford Nov 2015 #20

This is why the robber barons of 2008 were never prosecuted jwirr Nov 2015 #21

That is truly insane. Dont call me Shirley Nov 2015 #23

You have to wonder what kind of a world they want to live in. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #36

They have already created a fakey plastic world of illusion and delusion, Cartoonville. They Dont call me Shirley Nov 2015 #39

That is it, exactly. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #40

Because fuck their cheap plastic fakey breaky over-priced shit. That's why Bernie! Dont call me Shirley Nov 2015 #42

Disgusting. Phlem Nov 2015 #24

Walking, talking buboes. The whole lot of them. Solly Mack Nov 2015 #26

Go Getem Bernie Yallow Nov 2015 #27

They just don't even bother to hide it any more. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2015 #28

Best representation shareholders can finance for all of us. nt raouldukelives Nov 2015 #29

These provisions are poison pills and should be rejected Gothmog Nov 2015 #30

Rob a bank at gunpoint d_legendary1 Nov 2015 #31

WTF noiretextatique Nov 2015 #32

Oh, those poor inconvenienced white collar criminals. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #37

Ahem, Obama, time for the veto pen. lark Nov 2015 #38

Gross misstatement in that official's statement: graegoyle Nov 2015 #41

Well, I guess that was Wall Street money well spent. eom NorthCarolina Nov 2015 #43