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The issue with jailing bankers is that nothing they did was illegal. It was highly immoral but we don't jail people for being immoral (they do in some countries

The issue with jailing bankers is that nothing they did was illegal. It was highly immoral but we don't jail people for being immoral (they do in some countries). If you want to jail bankers in the future, supporting institutions like Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and electing politicians that want to pass more strict laws is the only way to accomplish what you want. In this diametric political climate we have one party that is gutting the CFPB by installing leaders that are pro-finance/banking industry and rolling back protections under the guise of "not being fair."

pm24601 9y ago
> The issue with jailing bankers is that nothing they did was illegal. They were never investigated. Looking back to earlier banking meltdowns, plenty of crimes were discovered. See for just such an example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savings_and_loan_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savings_and_loan_crisis It is a perfectly reasonable to suspect that similar crimes were also committed. You could also look at the court cases at : http://4closurefraud.org/ http://4closurefraud.org/ Many of the foreclosure cases involve banks not being able to demonstrate that they actually had standing to foreclose on houses. For example: http://4closurefraud.org/2018/02/09/fl-3rd-dca-reverses-ruling-that-found-hsbc-forged-mortgage-documents/ http://4closurefraud.org/2018/02/09/fl-3rd-dca-reverses-ruli...