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		jwatte on Aug 8, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We Wanted Safer Banks, We Got More Inequality Ask those that did, and did not go to prison. Our society rewards greed over conscience.

s73v3r_ on Aug 8, 2018 [–]

Unfortunately, that behavior was not against the law at the time. Even more unfortunately, that behavior is still not really against the law.

rhizome on Aug 8, 2018 | [–]

A lot of actual crimes occurred then that were not prosecuted. Sarbanes-Oxley violations, for one obvious example.

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