For example - The corruption of government bought and paid for by Roland Arnall seems to have paid off significantly for some folks.
Posted on 07/03/2015 8:10:40 PM PDT by Rockitz
Greece in teetering on the brink of ruin - and it is hard not to feel sympathy for the pensioners crying in the street and the mothers facing empty supermarket shelves.
Yet those reading a new book may find themselves feeling a little less compassionate towards the Greeks. It reveals an eye-popping catalogue of benefits scams and tax avoidance schemes that have robbed the public purse.
James Angelos' The Full Catastrophe: Travels among the New Greek Ruins lays bare the corruption which filtered through all levels of society - from the islanders who pretended to be blind, to the families who forgot to register their parents' death and the doctors who 'earn' just €12,000 a year - yet live in Athens' most exclusive neighbourhood.
It was the rumours of an 'island of the blind' which first bought Angelos, a journalist, to Greece in 2011.
He had heard that on Zakynthos, something like two per cent of the population were registered blind.
All was not quite how it seemed, however, and it transpired that 61 of the 680 'blind' residents were quite happily driving around the island.
In fact, an astonishing 498 of those 680 were not blind at all - or even partially sighted.
But being 'blind' had its advantages - in particular, the €724 paid in benefits once every two months, and a reduction in utility bills.
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(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
The gov went after the biggies....with the pressure. When the Community Reinvestment Act and other regs kicked in, the protests and pressures weren’t focused on little banks...the focus was on the bigs.
Community Banks and Credit Unions, relatively, don’t do that many residential loans....and credit unions are covered under different regulations anyway.
nice try, you’re like oh for four here.
But do keep digging.
>>The gov went after the biggies....with the pressure.
Was Ameriquest/Argent Mortgage a “biggie”?
>>Community Banks and Credit Unions, relatively, don’t do that many residential loans..
Well, maybe that’s what talking heads who wear squirrels for hair like folks to believe in Pottersville.
How’d it work in Bedford Falls according to George Bailey?
Anyone who denies the impact of government pressure, and pressure from the Jackson Sharpton cartel on this issue, is a blithering ignoramus.
For example - The corruption of government bought and paid for by Roland Arnall seems to have paid off significantly for some folks.
But you’re an idiot if you think it starts with business.....almost never does....almost always starts with government regulations...then the lobbying kicks in and companies have to “pay to play.”
Gov is the leviathan, not business. Almost always. Only liberals think differently.
Was Ameriquest/Argent Mortgage a “biggie” -
Yes or No?
yes, in the sense that their entire business was mortgage related.
And again, to further destroy your attempts at logic, while it’s clear the “bigs” were the main targets, that does’t mean that every single target was a big.
You are what, oh for seven now? Keep on digging dude....you have some oddball left leaning reactions. Very oddball.
Human nature is the Leviathan.
>>yes, in the sense that their entire business was mortgage related.
Was Argent/Ameriquest a Bank - yes or no?
that’s true, but human nature of those in the market is to avoid government....human nature of government is to grow and control. Once that control is gained, then human nature in the market is to try and connect so they can survive.
Thanks for proving my point. Oh for 8 you are now. It STARTS with gov because it cannot happen any other way.
doesn’t f-cking matter....one tiny little example doesn’t prove jack sh-t. Majoring in minors....changing the subject....proof you’re getting your rear end handed to you here.
Odd ball lib you are. Go back to HuffPo.
Was Argent/Ameriquest a Bank - yes or no?
>>human nature in the market is to try and connect so they can survive.
Says the phoney talking head from Pottersvill who grins like a chimp and wears a squirrel for hair.
What was the nature of the market in Bedford Falls?
>>doesn’t f-cking matter....one tiny little example doesn’t prove jack sh-t.
The FACT that Argent/Ameriquest was the one-time LEADER in sub-prime originations AND WAS NOT A BANK (and thus not under goverment regulation) “doesn’t f-cking matter”.
Uhuh.
Maybe not in Pottersvill.
Have you thought about trading the squirrel for a hide that doesn’t grow on a rodent?
>>nature of government is to grow and control
“TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, governments are instituted among men” — What does this mean?
COMMERCE BETWEEN MASTER AND SLAVE IS________?
now you’re babbling....what an odd little liberal.
If drugs were illegal, the disability wouldn’t be fake.
Oops, I mean if drugs were legal then the disability wouldn’t be fake.
Thomas Jefferson said "THIS IT IS THE BUSINESS OF THE STATE TO EFFECT AND ON A GENERAL PLAN"...
What impact would "EDUCATE THE COMMON PEOPLE" have on, say, the ability of PREDATORS to operate freely in their midst?
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