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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 04:10 PM
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Poll question: Can oversight ever stay ahead of criminals?
Or, are the people who hold others accountable--the regulators--always one step behind?
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Fresh_Start Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 04:48 PM
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1. how many years did Madoff screw over his investors?
even if regulators are behind, they don't have to be 20 years behind.

I'd be happy if they caught the criminals after the first offense.
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 05:49 PM
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3. How long did the GOP run the Fed? n/t
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Fresh_Start Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 05:51 PM
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5. forever and still today as far as I know
and Geither got Treasury as a reward for his brilliance at the FED
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 04:51 PM
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2. People making the perfect the enemy of the good are weird.
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 05:53 PM
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6. I'm confused by your statement. n/t
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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 05:55 PM
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8. Right now I'll settle for making good the enemy of the criminally treasonous.
Edited on Wed Mar-18-09 05:56 PM by Sebastian Doyle
We can worry about perfect later on.
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 05:50 PM
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4. I say we give it a try and see how it goes, haven't done that yet
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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-18-09 05:54 PM
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7. There was no regulation. That's the problem.
Roll back all the regulations to where they were in 1980. Trade agreements (and tax brackets)too, but that's entirely another thread.
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