I'm not sure if you are serious. It is alarming if you are. The public's hatred for bankers is frankly unwarranted. The housing bubble was caused just as much by people buying homes they couldn't afford as it was caused by the banks that approved their loans. As someone with a family member that worked on Wall Street until 2003 I can tell you that financiers do not want to fuck over the people or the economy because they will lose money or their jobs.
If this were even remotely true there would have been no bank bailouts. Bankers behave like lunatics because they know they can, they are not held accountable. Have you ever read a mortgage, the whole thing? No it is hundreds of pages long. Is this to protect the buyer? No it ensures no one will ever understand what they are getting into. Your family member may be a nice guy, but the vast majority of wall street are parasitic predators.
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asg101 ago
40 dead banksters... that is a good start.
rollinstone123 ago
I'm not sure if you are serious. It is alarming if you are. The public's hatred for bankers is frankly unwarranted. The housing bubble was caused just as much by people buying homes they couldn't afford as it was caused by the banks that approved their loans. As someone with a family member that worked on Wall Street until 2003 I can tell you that financiers do not want to fuck over the people or the economy because they will lose money or their jobs.
nearly-evil ago
If this were even remotely true there would have been no bank bailouts. Bankers behave like lunatics because they know they can, they are not held accountable. Have you ever read a mortgage, the whole thing? No it is hundreds of pages long. Is this to protect the buyer? No it ensures no one will ever understand what they are getting into. Your family member may be a nice guy, but the vast majority of wall street are parasitic predators.