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To: koan who wrote (752231)	11/11/2013 6:48:40 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (2) of 1576951

Hi koan; Re: "That seems a bit extreme, but I would like to see those Wall street folks who committed blatant fraud in jail. Fines mean nothing to them." About the only one I know went to jail was Madoff, the Jewish guy who used his investment fund as a Ponzi scheme. And the reason I call him the "Jewish guy" is because every time the mainstream media talked about him, they prominently mentioned that he was Jewish, a little detail that annoyed the hell out of me. I couldn't tell you the ethnicity or religion of any other Wall Street figure. Are Jews special? Is it like the "boy scout rule" where the media has to tell us "he was a boyscout" whenever one of them goes nuts? As far as placing the blame for not putting the other criminals into jail, that would be the Obama administration. And the fines meant nothing to them because they were reduced. The rest of us, who don't have our faces permanently glued to Obama's ass, are pretty sure that the fines were reduced because the perps donated huge amounts to the various politicians who could make trouble for them. And with the fickle decision of the electorate, most of those various politicians were Democrats. But I also suggest that their simultaneous donations to the Republicans had similar effect. And as to execution being an excessive punishment for stealing $200 million, well how many people had their savings destroyed? How many killed themselves? So I would say the Chinese tradition of a round to the back of the neck sounds about right. The reason the US is awash in nonviolent property crimes against business is because the punishment for the crime is so light. Same thing applies to Wall Street. -- Carl

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