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In reply to the discussion: Matt Taibbi: Barack Obama's former top cop cashes in after six years of letting banks run wild [View all]colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)Yes, in a country not run by Plutocrats, Holder would be up for conflict of interest and gross dereliction of duty.
Hordes of big shots from Wall Street, including head honchos at the ratings agencies, should have seen jail time.
You cannot disguise toxic investments by wrapping them up in non toxic ones, somehow get an AAA rating (wink wink), then sell them to big investors like pension funds while shorting them with your other hand.
That's fraud and it's ruined or severely impacted many lives. Yet at worst they had to pay what for them was a chickenfeed fine while keeping all the loot they fraudulently made and the bailout we all paid for. Most of them didn't even have to admit any guilt.
Yet some, at least one dogged individual here, see no real harm. it just proves some have blinders on for their heroes.