At 05:29 PM 2/20/2010, tjpa wrote: >Actually I think the term "conservative" has been hijacked by people >with entirely different interests. They want low taxes and small >government as a means to achieving their own greedy ends. E.g. they >want to close down the SEC so they can all become a Madoff.
Regulators like the SEC will never stop a Bernie Madoff. It's like expecting the police to intercept the burglar before he enters your home. Doesn't happen very often. Everyone who invested in Bernie Madoff's deal should have known that it was too good to be true. Everyone who invested in Bernie Madoff's deal should have insisted on a real audit of his books, independent of any government oversight/regulation. The only way for government to stop the likes of Madoff would be for it to perform a real audit of 100% of financial firms. That would cost too much. You wouldn't want to pay the bill. Simple fact of life. With the potential rewards of such a scam, and with the probability of detection being much less than 100%, there are many folks who would take the chance. Anyone on the board of any charitable organization. How well is the audit performed. Even a professional auditor only audits something like 10% of a year's transactions. And the audit is not focused on detecting fraud. The audit is focused on presenting a financial statement that fairly represents the true financial status of the organization. Fred Holmes ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
