Re: [OT] the nigger said: "American people understand that not everybody's been following the rules"

[Christian Sciberras <uuf6429 () gmail com>]

Darren's and indeed many other people's lame excuse is that they're too
humble to be greedy. As if!
If anything, most people are greedier than that 1%. The only difference is
that people are bad at it, unlike that 1%.

Just consider the fact that Average Joe would be just too happy to evade
tax.
Richer Joe, instead, might be doing the same with his $1bn business.
In both cases, they're breaking the law.

The "occupy wallstreet" movement is simply hypocrisy.

Did I happen to mention that I'm far from rich? In the coming years, I'll be
struggling to get my own drop of land.
The only unfair part I see is people complaining while buying iPads and
iCrap over Facebook, Twitter etc..


On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Darren Martyn
> <d.martyn.fulldisclosure () gmail com> wrote:
> > Chris - Empathy, guilt, and morals. Guilt being a major factor. The
> > possibility was always there to make millions via evil means, but morals
> and
> > knowing it would be hard to live with.
> >
> > The problem is not getting lots of money. That is the easy part. The
> issue
> > is with living with yourself afterward.
> How about illegal? Check out the Hobbs Act [1]. I'm not making this
> crap up - the US has laws on the books for negatively affecting
> commerce (which the crash did), and using fear to peddle their warez
> (how financial institutions market their instruments). There's
> probably provisions in the PATRIOT Act, too.
>
> The last tine I checked (about a year ago), the SEC had opened fewer
> than 100 civil investigations. No criminal investigations, despite the
> fact that some of the financial institutions created spurious ratings
> companies just to rate their instruments 'good'.
>
> Jeff
>
> [1]
> http://www.justice.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/131mcrm.htm
>
> > On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 12:43 AM, Bob Dobbs <bobd10937 () gmail com> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > Who are the real threats to the US: terrorist who try to dream up ways
> > > > to do the US harm, or Corporate and Congress which does the US harm?
> > >
> > > I hate to contribute to an off-topic thread but you've successfully
> > > trolled me here: Congress has done FAR more harm to the US than
> terrorists
> > > over the last 10 years by just about every measure.
>
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