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A few trials and prison time to keep people honest and nervous huh? You like keeping em nervous, letting em know who's in charge. Rule with an iron grip and with fear.
Why not? I thought you right wingers were all about strength, authority, punishment for the wrongdoers and all that? What, you chickening out?
Why not? I thought you right wingers were all about strength, authority, punishment for the wrongdoers and all that? What, you chickening out?
You thought wrong. (but I didn't expect any less from you) Bankers who make poor decisions and lose millions for investors are not "wrong doers", nor are the ones who get filthy rich. Rioters who throw molotov cocktails, smash windows, and burn cars are. Wall street should in no instance under no circumstance be bailed out, ever. But 'throwing a few in prison to keep them nervous' would only fly in a totalitarian hell hole like Cuba.
You thought wrong. (but I didn't expect any less from you) Bankers who make poor decisions and lose millions for investors are not "wrong doers", nor are the ones who get filthy rich. Rioters who throw molotov cocktails, smash windows, and burn cars are. Wall street should in no instance under no circumstance be bailed out, ever. But 'throwing a few in prison to keep them nervous' would only fly in a totalitarian hell hole like Cuba.
Awwww. Poor babies. Bankers made some bad decisions and shouldn't be punished for it. My heart breaks for them. But the poor who make bad decisions SHOULD be punished, right? Such BS.
Awwww. Poor babies. Bankers made some bad decisions and shouldn't be punished for it. My heart breaks for them. But the poor who make bad decisions SHOULD be punished, right? Such BS.
They should be 'punished' by not being helped, which is not actually punishment at all but a 'you made your bed, now sleep in it'. You can't throw someone in prison just because your mad at them. And only ignorant simpletons who smell blood in the water would want to live in a society where you could. What are you referring to by the poor making bad decisions? The ones rioting and destroying property, or the ones on welfare having their benefits reduced? Having benefits reduced is not punishment, its contraction of an unsustainable (and enabling) charity, and the reduction of which ultimately promotes best outcomes.
Awwww. Poor babies. Bankers made some bad decisions and shouldn't be punished for it. My heart breaks for them. But the poor who make bad decisions SHOULD be punished, right? Such BS.
You keep avoiding my questions, so I am going to ask you for a third time. In the absence of wall street as it stands today, how would you address the following?
What is your proposed method for a person to buy a house without wall street?
What is your proposed method of counties to run themselves without municipal bonds?
What is your proposed solution to pension funds being able to provide retirement income without balanced portfolios?
What is your proposed solution for companies such as Staples or Brookstone to not go bankrupt when they are in fiscal crisis if not for investment banks?
They should be 'punished' by not being helped, which is not actually punishment at all but a 'you made your bed, now sleep in it'.
Really! The poor widdle mega-rich thieves should be punished by being left alone? But the poor should be punished outright when they engage in wrongdoing, right?
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