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Comment by fortran77

6 months ago

> VP or SVP got arrested for the fraud that lead to the 2008 crash. We are talking orders of magnitude more than this and they declined to prosecute even though the evidence was absolutely abundant as we now know.

Nor did any of the millions of Americans who lied on mortgage applications, and took out mortgages they couldn't possibly afford to pay back. Nor was anyone ever held liable for income tax on forgiven debt or the imputed income from living rent-free in houses for years until the court foreclosed.