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Funny, ain't it? (Original Post)
MrScorpio
Nov 2013
OP
I wish this were a joke. Is it any wonder that they rub our faces in it now?
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2013
#12
SEC had to give JPMorgan and other insiders time to get their money out.
Gidney N Cloyd
Dec 2013
#15
CFLDem
(2,083 posts)1. BOOM! n/t
ReRe
(10,597 posts)3. Exactly
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)4. BINGO!!!
loudsue
(14,087 posts)5. Makes you sick to think about it, doesn't it?
But it's so true.
JimboBillyBubbaBob
(1,389 posts)6. True that!
He still requires some company however.
TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)7. That sounds about right............
liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)8. Kicking.
RC
(25,592 posts)9. Actually it is not funny, it is sickening.
His friends and work associates, out there still robbing the 99% need to be brought in to keep him company.
I didnt think of that.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)11. That explains a lot
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)12. I wish this were a joke. Is it any wonder that they rub our faces in it now?
& R
merrily
(45,251 posts)13. Even at that, the SEC investigated him several times and found nothing wrong,
even though his competitor had told them exactly what Madoff was doing and how Madoff was doing it.
Face it, federal agencies may have protected the consumer and the taxpayer at one time, but they now serve the industries they are supposed to regulate, and at the expense of the taxpayer, too,
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,824 posts)15. SEC had to give JPMorgan and other insiders time to get their money out.
merrily
(45,251 posts)22. Of course! Can't let Jamie look bad.
The White House and Buckingham Palace both love him.
Swede Atlanta
(3,596 posts)16. I'm not sure I would classify all of his victims as the 1%.....
There were some smaller fry in the mix although I agree in general his crimes were against monied interests.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)17. Exactly
snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)18. Brilliant.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)19. That's right.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)20. Never thought of it that way. nt
Iwillnevergiveup
(9,298 posts)21. Hmmmmmm .... let me think on that
YUP!