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    "The financial industry brought the economy to its knees, but how did they get away with it? With the nation wondering how to hold the bankers accountable, Bill Moyers sits down with William K. Black, the former senior regulator who cracked down on banks during the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s. Black offers his analysis of what went wrong and his critique of the bailout "

    BILL MOYERS: How do they get away with it? I mean, what about their own checks and balances in the company? What about their accounting divisions?

    WILLIAM K. BLACK: All of those checks and balances report to the CEO, so if the CEO goes bad, all of the checks and balances are easily overcome. And the art form is not simply to defeat those internal controls, but to suborn them, to turn them into your greatest allies.
    Is banksters a good term for these people?
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    bankster is a pretty good term; and all this regulation and " taking away of american soveriegnty" that everyone is railing about -- is exactly what is going to bring these banksters to their knees in front of the people.

    we will get them.-- our governments are doing the right thing. and these people have had thier last day in the penthouse.( or decade it will take a while for it to all pan out)

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    Communist!
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