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Well I guess all the bankers who destroyed our economy for a decade can flea to Russia too.

Oh wait, they don't have to flea, no-one is pursuing them and they are gearing up for the next round of destruction since no laws were passed to restrict their behavior. We have great priorities and perspective.

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I hate to be that guy... the message of your post is clear, but I think it should be flee and not flea.

https://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Aflea

https://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Aflee

You just couldn't resist, could you. I'm shocked no regulation has passed to limit the banker's power. And I'm even more shocked none of them spent any time in jail. Seems like they really do own capitol hill

At this point, I think capitol hill owns them, and would hate to send their lackeys to jail and interrupt what they have encouraged them to do: fleece the plebs to pay massive consultant fees for their insider information about bloated govt contracts and pending financial manipulations.

>I'm shocked no regulation has passed to limit the banker's power.

Probably because there are already a ton of regulations- the problem is they weren't being enforced. They probably still aren't being enforced.

Actually, I'd be in favor of having a lot fewer regulations, and enforcing those few very strictly.

Selective enforcement of the law is often worse than having no law at all.

What's the difference between a flea and a banker? One is an irritating parasite that feeds off humans. The other is a flea ;)

If we want to get down to nitty gritty, technically what the bankers did was not illegal. No matter how much we don't like it...the same goes for the NSA. They aren't breaking the law. That's what needs to be fixed.

Why would thy need to flee to Russia, when they have so much control over the U.S. government?

It makes me sad that the top-voted comment on a story re: Snowden is a half-baked rant against bankers.

It makes me sad too, because it is true.

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