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(46,301 posts) Fri Aug 16, 2013, 10:12 PM Aug 2013

California congresscritter says there is no crime in banking...

There’s no such thing as financial crime, according to Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA).

At a town hall meeting in El Dorado Hills, California on Tuesday, a constituent asked McClintock for his “stance on Wall Street criminal practices.” The congressman responded, “Well first of all, for a criminal practice there has to be a gun. It’s pretty simple.”

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/08/15/2471911/congressman-doesnt-believe-white-collar-crime-exists/

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California congresscritter says there is no crime in banking... (Original Post) Archae Aug 2013 OP

if it's a really big bank, the US attorney general agrees with him nt msongs Aug 2013 #1

So it's acceptable to the congress critter then if I swindle him from as much of his money as I can… Journeyman Aug 2013 #2

msongs

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1. if it's a really big bank, the US attorney general agrees with him nt

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Fri Aug 16, 2013, 10:21 PM

Aug 2013

Journeyman

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2. So it's acceptable to the congress critter then if I swindle him from as much of his money as I can…

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat Aug 17, 2013, 12:03 AM

Aug 2013

just provided I don't use a gun.

It's pretty simple.

Fool never heard you can steal more with a briefcase than you ever could with a gun.

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