fast and furious http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC2C2lIwNSA
On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Christian Sciberras <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Darren Martyn >> <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> >> >> 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. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. >> Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html >> Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ >
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