{"id":15185,"date":"2011-02-22T19:57:01","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T01:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=15185"},"modified":"2011-02-22T19:57:01","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T01:57:01","slug":"matt-taibbi-why-isnt-wall-street-in-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=15185","title":{"rendered":"Matt Taibbi: Why Isn’t Wall Street in Jail?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Financial crooks brought down the world’s economy \u2014 but the feds are doing more to protect them than to prosecute them<\/p>\n

By Matt Taibbi
\nFebruary 16, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over drinks at a bar on a dreary, snowy night in Washington this past month, a former Senate investigator laughed as he polished off his beer.<\/p>\n

“Everything’s fucked up, and nobody goes to jail,” he said. “That’s your whole story right there. Hell, you don’t even have to write the rest of it. Just write that.”<\/p>\n

I put down my notebook. “Just that?”<\/p>\n

“That’s right,” he said, signaling to the waitress for the check. “Everything’s fucked up, and nobody goes to jail. You can end the piece right there.”<\/p>\n

Click here to continue reading, “Why Isn’t Wall Street in Jail?” by Matt Taibbi<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

via<\/em> Democracy NOW!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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