>How about the guys knowingly making loans to people that could not afford them because they knew those loans would be sold so they would not be on the hook for

>How about the guys knowingly making loans to people that could not afford them because they knew those loans would be sold so they would not be on the hook for them. How do you force someone to take a loan? Does the recipient have no responsibility whatsoever, in your opinion? >How about the guys that hid very shady/risky debt that spread like cancer throughout the system. What does this even mean? There is "risky debt" all over the entire financial system, all the time. Again, if AIG doesn't know the risk of the financial assets it is purchasing, that is their problem, and it is accountable to its customers. What else are they being paid for?