And, may we add, in the offices of most banks and corporations.
The many crimes on Wall Street were enabled by an ethics free political climate that lionizes so-called free markets; it celebrates a culture built on greed and inequality. Corruption is built into our campaign finance system and the "favor bank" it spawns. Changing these practices will go beyond a stimulus package or bailout and will take organized action by an enraged public, i.e., you and me.
Look overseas at youth riots in Europe opposing police abuse and corruption with more and more folks blaming the US for screwing up their societies, even in China. ("This financial crisis in America is going to kill us. It's already taking food out of our mouths," said Wen Wenming a 42-year-old unemployed worker.)
Maybe its time to do what our ancestors did---chase the "bad rogues" out of town. Perhaps, more of us will have to "go rogue" to do it.
News Dissector Danny Schechter wrote PLUNDER: Investigating Our Economic Calamity (Cosimo Books) and is now making a film about it
HYPERLINK "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jj1kjsZg0g" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jj1kjsZg0g. Comments to Dissector@mediachannel.org
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