There are so many examples of routinely accepted bank robbery: one small one (though not for the banks):
Unlike many national economies, which still rely a lot on cheques, the normal German method of payment is the direct giro bank transfer. Up to the digital era, this involved filling out a form with the account details of the payee and handing it in at your bank. It then, typically, took 2 to 3 working days to process the transfer. Today, all of this works electronically. The latest figures state that over half the Germans now do their banking online. When I make a transfer on-line, the sum is deducted from my account immediately. The interesting thing is that it still takes 2 to 3 working days fro it to be credited to the account of the receiver. Where has the money been in the meantime? Three guesses. Okay, it's only a small fraction of a cent in interest which such small sums can earn in 48-72 hours, but there are hundreds of millions of such transactions daily. The wonder is that, with the multitude of scams the banks routinely run, they were actually able to manage to LOOSE so much last year! Francis On 2 Mrz., 21:28, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > I can confirm that the only criminals in gaol are both dumb and likely > to be severely mentally disturbed. A lot of my work was concerned > with corruption in our armed forces and there was plenty. I was only > skimming the surface there. Even the dumb reckon they only get caught > once in a blue moon. We were burgled recently and eventually got our > stuff back via the insurance policy. This in the end is less > distressing than paying bank charges and other facets of white collar > crime. The fat fees are undoubtedly stolen as the processes could be > routinised and the costs rendered insignificant. > > I was on the track of a Ponzi scheme years back - the bloke claimed he > was only doing what everyone else did in the City. He was right. I > suspect if the quality technology we now have was applied across the > board we'd soon discover very little work is being done and that > financial services are even more feather-bedded than any union site > with the night shift asleep. Academics are now stealing from gullible > kids and foreign students through false promises. Honesty is a mug's > game - but then I'm a mug. > > On 2 Mar, 19:36, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On the other hand, Madoff made off with trillions of free lunches, got > > caught, and is still living the life of Riley while he awaits charges > > and trial. So at worst he'll spend a few years in some countryclub > > called a federal prison by any other name, get out and live like a > > king on the loot he'd made off with before he got caught. > > > Once an FBI agent who'd come calling for some info on my neighbor who > > was applying for a job with the FBI got into a casual conversation > > about law ... at the time I was working as a paralegal and so was on > > the fringes of law but close enough that we could converse like two > > normal adults about the 'forbidden' subject -- a subject that law > > enforcement officers of all rank and breed do not talk about with > > civilians -- crime. He admitted to my proposition that the reason we > > have organized crime and allow it to continue is because the > > alternative is far worse -- disorganized, random, impulse driven > > crime. He also validated my thesis that 'crime does not pay' is just > > so much bullshit fed to the public; that in fact crime does pay and > > pays handsomely too. And he corroborated my third thesis that the > > only criminals in jails are the dumb ones; the smart ones were still > > out there getting away with it and laughing up their sleeves. > > > On Mar 2, 12:25 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Okay, I buy that except for the spiritual and emotional damage having > > > no conscience engenders. But closer to reality, a blend of the two > > > have costs but they are small by comparison. I feel no compunction > > > about beating taxes nor from taking from the public pot. My defense > > > -- or rather excuse -- is that as soon as politicians, banks, > > > corporations and other such entities cease the same actions, I will > > > too. However, in a more rational and reasoned approach, I do regret > > > to a small degree not paying taxes and taking government handouts. > > > Would that I lived in a world where such behavior was rewarded rather > > > than punished I think I'd be a very well balanced and happy man. > > > > On Mar 2, 11:20 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > There are free lunches Gruff, as long as one is free of conscience! > > > > > On 2 Mar, 14:35, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > It may be enviable from one perspective, Vam, but there is a price to > > > > > pay. Not that that's an excuse for anything. There are always > > > > > prices to pay. But it's true as some wiseacre once said, there's no > > > > > such thing as a free lunch. > > > > > > On Mar 1, 8:50 pm, Vamadevananda <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Wow, Gruff, don't I envy your unliable state of such delectable > > > > > > freedoms ! Seriously. > > > > > > > On 2 Mar, 00:32, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I may be the outlaw, outlier, oddball on this issue, but I've > > > > > > > always > > > > > > > regarded property as owning you rather than you owning property. > > > > > > > You > > > > > > > never finish paying for it (assessments, property taxes, > > > > > > > maintenance, > > > > > > > etc.). You have to pay fees and commissions to buy property and > > > > > > > pay > > > > > > > fees and commissions again when you sell it. You have to protect > > > > > > > it > > > > > > > with homestead declarations and a plethora of insurance to cover > > > > > > > all > > > > > > > the possibilities that insurance does it's best to exempt itself > > > > > > > from > > > > > > > paying. You can't pack up your property and move it to a new > > > > > > > location > > > > > > > if you get some lousy neighbors, and you're always subject to > > > > > > > lawsuits > > > > > > > and other claims from careless transgressors, trespassers and > > > > > > > tradesmen. Owning property has never struck me as such a good > > > > > > > deal. > > > > > > > > I own my RV which, since it's got wheels, fulfills my primary > > > > > > > consideration -- mobility. I have no insurance on anything > > > > > > > except for > > > > > > > the absolute minimum required by law (liability only). Of course > > > > > > > I > > > > > > > also have no responsibilities: no wife, no kids, no debt, no > > > > > > > property, > > > > > > > and no headaches. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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