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Old 01-09-2014, 04:38 PM
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Iceland imprisons bankers, why don't we ??

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Iceland model - Imprisoning bankers should be standard procedure - YouTube

Oh, I forgot the majority of politicians in BOTH parties are OWNED by them..

Lesson = buy all the politicians and you can do NO wrong...


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Old 01-09-2014, 05:03 PM
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Imprisoning the banker is one thing. The crux of the issue is whether we are willing to go thru some pain while in the transition between good and bad. Yes, someone comes up to replace them but are you willing to suffer some side effects?

Take a simple college degree. Everyone wants one. How many are willing to work hard and make good grades for 4 years or more? We are good when there are good times. Any problem and we cry for the govt to fix it. Hence they are trying to be as "proactive" as they can to fix it now before it gets too bad. That way, if it does, "well, I tried my best". If it doesn't, "I'm a hero for saving you.". Either way, it ends with "Vote for me".
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Old 01-09-2014, 05:18 PM
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I disagree

IMO it would be minor pain.

Bust the top level = the highest level bank executives, and the industry WILL understand the MESSAGE.

Give them immunity + Pamper and pay them off = enhances their already overwhelming CONTEMPT of any / all regulation or law.

Bank executives KNOW they are untouchable, regardless of what they do..

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Old 01-09-2014, 05:21 PM
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We don't want them teaching the other felons . . .
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Old 01-09-2014, 05:26 PM
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A side benefit of putting some of those greedy convicted multimillionaire bank execs in jail would be that maybe there would be some SERIOUS talk about real Jail reform.

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Old 01-09-2014, 05:28 PM
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A side benefit of putting some of those greedy convicted multimillionaire bank execs in jail would be that maybe there would be some SERIOUS talk about real Jail reform.

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Well...they probably own the prisons, so there would likely be some immediate and localized prison reform...
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Old 01-09-2014, 05:29 PM
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Well said.

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IMO it would be minor pain.

Bust the top level = the highest level bank executives, and the industry WILL understand the MESSAGE.

Give them immunity + Pamper and pay them off = enhances their already overwhelming CONTEMPT of any / all regulation or law.

Bank executives KNOW they are untouchable, regardless of what they do..

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ABSOLUTELY AGREE!


Like they sometimes say in England: "String 'em up! It's the ONLY language they understand!"
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Old 01-09-2014, 05:44 PM
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Prison? pssht
Feed 'em to the hogs. At least then their use of space on the planet will have had some benefit to others.
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ABSOLUTELY AGREE!


Like they sometimes say in England: "String 'em up! It's the ONLY language they understand!"
In China or Korea they would just shoot them. Probably then send their family the bill for the bullets.
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Old 01-09-2014, 06:53 PM
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We don't want them teaching the other felons . . .
What was that saying? The best way to rob a bank is to own it?
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Old 01-09-2014, 10:25 PM
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IMO it would be minor pain.

Bust the top level = the highest level bank executives, and the industry WILL understand the MESSAGE.

Give them immunity + Pamper and pay them off = enhances their already overwhelming CONTEMPT of any / all regulation or law.

Bank executives KNOW they are untouchable, regardless of what they do..

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Would do no good, Roy. This charade is already in motion:

The Gov't. entities need the high-level private sector banker/executives to keep their power, and the money movement......for that is where the prosperity (taxes) come from.....

What you see is the Gov't. acting like they're; hard-line tough, and the Wall Street bankers acting; as if they're scared.

Expect more of the same, from both entities. It never changes, in reality...
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Old 01-10-2014, 02:09 AM
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In China or Korea they would just shoot them. Probably then send their family the bill for the bullets.
THEN feed them to the hogs!
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Old 01-10-2014, 02:10 AM
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What was that saying? The best way to rob a bank is to own it?
I can think of two examples that I know of first hand.
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Old 01-10-2014, 10:06 AM
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THEN feed them to the hogs!
AFTER they harvest their organs for sale.....
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Prison? pssht
Feed 'em to the hogs. At least then their use of space on the planet will have had some benefit to others.


Just make sure that they are fed to domestic hogs. I wouldn't want to see the wild hog population benefit from it.

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