Monday, April 12, 2010

Looting Main Street

by Matt Taibbi from Rolling Stone. The author provides the details of the bankster's shakedown of Montgomery (Jefferson Co.), Alabama as an example of what has occurred across much of the US, and similar to what has happened all over the world. The banksters are equal opportunity victimizers.
Once you follow that trail and understand what took place in Jefferson County, there's really no room left for illusions. We live in a gangster state, and our days of laughing at other countries are over. It's our turn to get laughed at. In Birmingham, lots of people have gone to jail for the crime.... But those who greenlighted the bribes and profited most from the scam remain largely untouched. "It never gets back to JP Morgan," says Pack.