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To: Brumar89 who wrote (5732)	12/10/2011 5:41:43 PM
From: Little Joe	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

Brumar: While I generally agree that envy of those who do better is at best a character flaw, the fact is that something has occurred in our society. We still have people who get rich the old fashion way. They provide a valuable service or a usful product. Henry Ford, Bill Gates, Steven Jobs, etc. On the other hand there is a growing number of people who are just crooks. The heads of banks, major brokerage firms and John Corzine come to mind. These lied, cheated and stole their way to their wealth. Their business model is swindle their way to wealth and they have apparently bought off the government since they have not been prosecuted for obvious crimes.s If you have any doubt that this is true, here are a few links to articles about Bill Black, who is probably the foremost expert on white collar crime in the country. gold-speculator.com nakedcapitalism.com neweconomicperspectives.blogspot.com It is amazing to me to hear conservatives on TV suggesting that although these wall street types did bad things nothing rose to the level of a crime. The claim is that it can't be proved that there actions were fraudulant. It is like saying I took the money from the bank, but I didnt realize it belonged to someone else. I even heard Corzine defended by Neal Cavuto with this argument. Time to throw out the pols who are letting this happen. lj