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In reply to the discussion: Robert Reich: The Wall Street Scandal of All Scandals [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)own people, nothing mattered to them except the hoarding of money, and the power they thought it would bring.
As I understand this latest scandal, which is a mild word to describe the sheer breath of the corruption involved, 12 major Banks were involved.
The first step should be for these Banks to be nationalized, then thoroughly investigated and prosecutions need to begin.
The money they stole, and they it was stolen, no matter how sophisticated the theft, should be confiscated and returned to the people.
Politicians who facilitated this massive crime in any way, should also be removed from office and investigated and prosecuted wherever necessary.
They have caused death and destruction around the globe, and it didn't just start with the first world countries. They've been doing it for a long, long time and it's only now that it has hit first world countries that we are even beginning to pay attention to it.