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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPlease, please, please, would someone throw a banker in jail
That is all. No really.
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Please, please, please, would someone throw a banker in jail (Original Post)
Beearewhyain
Feb 2013
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MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)1. Doesn't work.
Iceland tried it and see what happened? Their economy collaps... Well, actually it recovered very quickly once the bankers were jailed.
Er, maybe that's a bad example. But you know what I mean.
Beearewhyain
(600 posts)2. Austerity is the only way
I cite your Iceland example... oh wait
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)3. Yes! Yes, that's it!
Austerity now!
Austerity forever!
Beearewhyain
(600 posts)4. Strenge Macht Frei
/nt
malthaussen
(17,204 posts)5. Sorry, we only allow stupid programs in this country.
Unless it has been proven, time and again, to fail, we're not interested. Y'know, like privatization and drug-testing welfare recipients.
-- Mal