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Old 12-07-2011, 07:34 AM  
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Originally Posted by Jesus H Christ View Post
Greenspan retired years ago as he's heavily rumored to have Alzheimer's, convenient. I think what also got me in the film was how they hung-out that Fed whistleblower when she screamed about the unregulated credit default swaps. They could've easily stopped all this, but greed ruled out as they collected a fraction of the total amount for their own personal gain. In short, risk trillions and our economy, so they could make millions in bonuses. It would of been cheaper just to give them the money as none of the players have been arrested because what they did, wasn't illegal. The sad thing is they feel they did nothing wrong.
Ah yeah he did. Bernanke is in the position now. You're right, it would have been cheaper to just pay these idiots more money and not let them fuck the system up.
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