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rfranklin

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1. What is shameful is noted in the last paragraph of Joe's column....

Sat Jun 2, 2012, 08:08 AM

Jun 2012

Think back to the last time the federal government went after corporate crooks. It was after the Internet bubble. Jeffrey Skilling and Kenneth Lay of Enron were prosecuted and found guilty. Bernard Ebbers, the former chief executive of WorldCom, went to jail. Dennis Kozlowski of Tyco was prosecuted and given a lengthy prison sentence. Now recall which Justice Department prosecuted those men.

Amazing, isn’t it? George W. Bush has turned out to be tougher on corporate crooks than Barack Obama.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/02/opinion/nocera-the-mortgage-fraud-fraud.html?_r=2&hp

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Uhhh Mr. Holder---- How about starting from the top? [View all] trumad Jun 2012 OP

What is shameful is noted in the last paragraph of Joe's column.... rfranklin Jun 2012 #1

Skilling and Lay weren't indicted until July 2004 - story broke in 2001 bigtree Jun 2012 #2

Are you aware of any prosecution being developed against the banksters? rfranklin Jun 2012 #3

More than 1,000 bankers convicted of felonies MannyGoldstein Jun 2012 #4

I am aware of that but what about currently? rfranklin Jun 2012 #5

I was goofing - hilighting the contrast MannyGoldstein Jun 2012 #8

That was a thousand years ago trumad Jun 2012 #6

there some low level indictments of mortgage group officers, I believe bigtree Jun 2012 #7