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Ah... the pre-Eric Holder Department of Justice. I'm not even kidding. Look it up for yourself. The Bush DOJ took down Enron even when it destroyed people's pe
by katastic 9y ago
Ah... the pre-Eric Holder Department of Justice.
I'm not even kidding. Look it up for yourself. The Bush DOJ took down Enron even when it destroyed people's pensions. Meanwhile, Wall Street destroyed the country's economy requiring trillions of spending (read: debt) to "fix" and how many went to jail? Oh yeah... one--a scapegoat.
And the statistics don't lie. Prosecutions of white collar crimes have dropped from 17.6% in 1995-7 to 9.4% in 2010-12. Did everyone stop committing crimes? Did everyone say they're sorry? In 2015, prosecutions were at a "20 year low". 20 year low... during one of the largest economic collapses in US history, where there should be sky high rates.
http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/crim/398/ http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/crim/398/