Tuesday, February 17, 2009

The best way to rob a bank

I forget who said it, but the best way to rob a bank is to own one. If you have any doubts, I've found a few videos for your enlightnment.

In this video, Congressman Ackerman questions some officials of the SEC. He actually asks them some of the questions I'd like to ask them. For 12 minutes of righteous indignation, watch:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1021551579

Here, Congressman Capuano asks some bank executives about their business practices, and even goes so far as to compare them to bank robbers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Im9W4gwNc

This interview with Bill Moyers (all 21 minutes of it) explains how we need to deal with the mega-banks that run our country. He quotes a senator as saying if a bank is too big to fail, it't too big to exist.

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02132009/watch.html

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