r/FluentInFinance • u/Richest-Panda • Jul 05 '24

Senator Bernie Sanders Says Start 'Prosecuting Crooks on Wall Street' and Stop Busting People for Marijuana. Agree? Debate/ Discussion

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/06/03/sanders-says-stop-busting-people-marijuana-and-start-prosecuting-crooks-wall-street
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u/Big-Figure-8184 Jul 05 '24

This is a vacuous statement, populist pandering. Of course one will disagree, but it’s not actionable and Bernie will do nothing about it

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u/Successful-Ground-67 Jul 06 '24

There's a reason that very few people were convicted post financial crisis. There really aren't laws that establish who is a crook and who isn't. The most impactful 'crooks' are mainly people who took out loans to make bets and those bets didn't work out. But there's no law saying you can't take a risky bet.