[A-List] Operation Restoring Investor Confidence: Merrill-Spitzer Settlement

[Sabri Oncu <soncu@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anne writes:

> As far as whose govt this is, it ain't mine,
> and I don't believe its yours either.

You are right. Definitely it is not mine. Mine happens to reside
in Ankara, although I reside in California. But of course this is
an irrelevant fact. The relevant question is this: Whose
interests do your and my governments represent? Aren't they there
to preserve the existing order? Is it too surprising to see that
the penalty your government charged to Merrill Lynch for its
crime is a joke? The whole point of this is to let them keep
their license to go on stealing, is it not? Why do you think I
used the title: "Operation Restoring Investor Confidence" for the
original post?

> It's theirs, they make this clear to us daily
> with their unending anti-Constitutional violations
> and special privileges.

Who are they?

> Want to fix social security?  Then throw the congressional
> crowd back into the pool with the rest of the plebs....as
> is they have a super-exclusive,richly- rewarded pension
> program that is totally sequestered from social security.

Both you and I, and most others on this list, are against the
privileged minorities who invariably exploit the non-privileged
rest. Where we differ is our identification of the causes of
their existence whereas where we intersect is our lack of answers
to how to eliminate the privileged and the non-privileged.

You are for liberty and so am I. But without egality and
fraternity, liberty is not possible. At least, this is my view.

So we are back to the 18th century, should I say, Europe. Let us
see how we will do this time.

Best,

Sabri