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Pres. Obama made a historically bad decision to not prosecute those on Wall Street who criminally fed and furthered the financial crisis.
That lack of consequences will continue to poison our financial system and economy.
Biden cannot do the same.
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That lack of consequences will continue to poison our financial system and economy.
Biden cannot do the same.
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In part, it's ensuring that individuals are punished.
But, even more, a criminal trial allows for a full, fair and public airing of what, precisely, happened.
We NEED that for the Trump presidency. We need to know about the phone calls leading up to this week.
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But, even more, a criminal trial allows for a full, fair and public airing of what, precisely, happened.
We NEED that for the Trump presidency. We need to know about the phone calls leading up to this week.
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We need to know about the countless identical phone calls in the prior years.
And we need to know what the legal system does to people who participate in such actions. And those who witness them and do nothing.
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And we need to know what the legal system does to people who participate in such actions. And those who witness them and do nothing.
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The 2008 financial crisis is no longer the ceiling of what Wall Street will do--a level of risk and self-dealing that can destroy them. It is the FLOOR.
Wall Street now fully internalizes that it is better to collapse entirely than to collapse only a tiny bit.
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Wall Street now fully internalizes that it is better to collapse entirely than to collapse only a tiny bit.
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The Trump Presidency cannot become the base-case, the model of risk-free, consequences-free Administration.
Because if it is, we will look back on now as the calm time.
Oh, and God damn it: Jim Comey should shut up.
Biden: ignore him.
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Because if it is, we will look back on now as the calm time.
Oh, and God damn it: Jim Comey should shut up.
Biden: ignore him.
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