An editorial in the NYT is refreshing, but much more focus and wide coverage around the financial dealings with the citizen's money needs to be done.
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Why was our money used to make these high-flying gamblers whole while ordinary Americans received no such beneficence? Nothing less than complete transparency will connect the dots.
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If they all skate away yet again by deflecting blame or mouthing pro forma mea culpas, it will be a sign that this inquiry, like so many other promises of reform since 9/15, is likely to leave Wall Street’s status quo largely intact. That’s the ticking-bomb scenario that truly imperils us all.
Make no mistake transparency will bring stocks down, and a jolt injuring the economy, but so will long term malfeasance. Best to get to business and clean house rather than let malfeasance fester over decades like Japan.
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