Documents unsealed.
Another (although from Salon...)
So big picture, what does this mean? Anything? Could it?
Banks stole trillions of dollars in houses
What should happen is that a lot of people working at these banks should be going to prison. What they did amounts to organized crime, and they should be prosecuted by the various AGs in the same way they'd go after a mob family.
In actual practice nothing will happen. There will be a handful of lawsuits - most of which the banks will lose - but before it becomes a huge flood or a big class action Congress will pass some law to exempt them from liability and give them immunity from prosecution.
This will be one of the many grievances the American people mention when they hang all the politicians in 2032.
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In actual practice nothing will happen. There will be a handful of lawsuits - most of which the banks will lose - but before it becomes a huge flood or a big class action Congress will pass some law to exempt them from liability and give them immunity from prosecution.
This will be one of the many grievances the American people mention when they hang all the politicians in 2032.
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In actual practice nothing will happen.
Seconded. This is hardly the first time the banking/financial sector have proven themselves to be riddled with incompetence and greed, nor will it be the last.
This will be one of the many grievances the American people mention when they hang all the politicians in 2032.
Not a chance.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Oh, don't get me wrong, this won't be anywhere near the main thing. There will be many worse grievances. This will just be one near the bottom of the list.Malcolm wrote:Not a chance.This will be one of the many grievances the American people mention when they hang all the politicians in 2032.
"ATTENTION: Customers browsing porn must hold magazines with both hands at all times!"
No, I'm saying the hangings, literal or in effigy, won't occur.TPRJones wrote:Oh, don't get me wrong, this won't be anywhere near the main thing. There will be many worse grievances. This will just be one near the bottom of the list.Malcolm wrote:Not a chance.This will be one of the many grievances the American people mention when they hang all the politicians in 2032.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
I simply must have access to this time machine you have. I'm not arguing they'll be worse, I'm arguing the public will care enough to do anything productive against them.TPRJones wrote:No, lots of reasons, most of which haven't happened yet.
Man, you think our Congress is bad? Wait until you see what they do in 2029. Hoo boy.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
I often wonder what line will be crossed that causes the first shot fired, and the chain reaction which will follow.
We're pretty much overdue. The only thing that keeps the population docile is TV and air conditioning, as far as I can tell.
Perhaps government mismanagement of the power grid, brought about by "green" policies, which deprives the poor of their TV and AC.
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We're pretty much overdue. The only thing that keeps the population docile is TV and air conditioning, as far as I can tell.
Perhaps government mismanagement of the power grid, brought about by "green" policies, which deprives the poor of their TV and AC.
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"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
The only thing that keeps the population docile is TV and air conditioning, as far as I can tell.
Take away their supermarkets for a couple days. That'd do it. Impose martial law over a large metropolitan area. Otherwise, the populous will turn its anger on the citizenry instead of the aristocracy in D.C. and other state capitols.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."