Think back to 2008……you will recall the panic that set in because banks were about to crap all over the economy……and then we elected a new prez and he set about making banks “too big to fail”…..they got massive influxes of cash and we saved to go about their business of rigging the economy.
Does any of that sound familiar?
And the next question is how did these thieves manage to avoid prosecution?
Personally, I want these people to either do time or commit suicide for what they have done.
What kind of sick society rewards people that did that much damage to the economy?
Europe is trying to hold these people accountable……why cannot the US?
France May Criminally Indict a Big Bank, Why Can’t the US?.
As long as we are talking about France sand laws…..the are setr to possibly make mews again….this time in the Fashion world……..
France is expected to pass legislation to outlaw ultra-skinny fashion models, reports the CBC. The legislation now being debated would set up minimum weights based on body-mass index, a formula that would require a woman 5-foot-7 to weigh 120 pounds. And the measure wouldn’t just bar such models from runways, it would make it a criminal offense for fashion houses and agents to use them in ad campaigns or in any professional capacity. Those in violation would face six months in prison and fines of up to $79,000.
“This is an important message to young women, young women who see these models as an aesthetic ideal,” says the French health minister, Marisol Touraine, as quoted at France24. The lawmaker who wrote the legislation is a doctor who estimates that up to 40,000 people in France have anorexia, most of them teens. Israel, Italy, and Spain already have similar laws on the books, but the New York Times notes that France’s legislation would likely be far more influential. “It would almost certainly raise the debate to a new level, especially in Paris, the spiritual capital of the fashion world,” writes Alissa Rubin.
BRILLIANT! Looks like models may once again have shape……..I could not be more pleased.
What say you?
This is a wait-and-see situation. France would be more likely than our Big Bank friendly Congress to pass punitive legislation but it remains to see how stiffly and swiftly they enforce such legislation should it pass.
Iceland is doing something similar……I believe they have already hit a bank with penalties…..what about the model thingy?
Hey…politicians can’t go around and punish their supporters. They’d have no campaign money.
European politics is less about the cash and more about coalitions and issues….go figure