> On Jul 4, 2009, at 10:25 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: > > > Are you going to outlaw capitalism? Do you think that if you were > > trying to make the money for others you wouldn't attempt to change > > laws that stood in your way? > > Do the words "conflict of interest" mean *anything* to you? > > When the people changing the laws are in bed with the people who > directly benefit from those changes, that's wrong.
In the case of Barney Frank and the executives at Freddie Mac, it was also quite literally true. > This is bribery > taken to another level: you don't have to actually pay off someone, > because they're already on your side, and are tilting the playing > field to favor you. > > Imagine a football game in which not only the referees, but the > league commissioner were all, say, ex-Dallas Cowboys players, and > still had ties to the Cowboys organization. The Cowboys then win year > after year, after rules are changed to favor them and restrict other > teams. Would you consider this ethical? Or even criminal? If you inspect Obama's team of Wall Street insiders, this is especially clear. There is no better example of foxes guarding the hen house than the current administration. The pick of Geithner, a tax cheat who oversaw the New York Fed during the collapse, to head the Treasury is particularly perplexing and striking example of it, until you understand that it's intentional. - Bob > > > -- Ed Leafe _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
