I don't know if this saying applies here. In the crisis, the finance industry was able to pillage the wealth of the citizenry, then foreclose on all the proper

I don't know if this saying applies here. In the crisis, the finance industry was able to pillage the wealth of the citizenry, then foreclose on all the property when it blew up, then rent the property back to the citizens. A saying for this situation would be more like "A pack of wolves won't be satisfied with eating just one sheep" If the citizenry isn't able to defend itself by electing good representation, it's defenseless to this type of predation.