We're F'd Until This Is Resolved

"Everything's f***ed up, and nobody goes to jail," he said. "That's your whole story right there. Hell, you don't even have to write the rest of it. Just write that."

I put down my notebook. "Just that?"

"That's right," he said, signaling to the waitress for the check. "Everything's f***ed up, and nobody goes to jail. You can end the piece right there." (Rolling Stones)

That's the sentiment of a former Senate investigator in a conversation regarding why the banker class continues to get away with the largest heist in human history. It started with the bailouts in 2008, and continues in every county in every state in the nation. It's not just us being robbed--future generations will pay with blood for what these guys are doing today. 

"Some people call it "regulatory capture." Others call it "control fraud" (William Black, primarily, along with me.)  But I take it further; this is Control Fraud within the government, which is the most-pernicious form of all.

Consider this: What if organized crime was able to do this?  Then any of their "muscle" could show up at any bank in the United States, any "stop and rob" on the corner, and do exactly that - stick it up.  And the result?  A fine.  Maybe. 

Well, that's a hell of a deal!  You pull 100 jobs, you get caught doing five, you pay five fines equal to the loot you took those five times.

But you keep the fruits of the other 95 criminalities, so the fines simply become a cost of doing business.  And since winding up in "pound-me-in-the-ass" Federal Prison is not one of your risks, there is no deterrence against you doing it again."(Market Ticker)

This criminal activity isn't happening in some far away state. It's happening right here in Grand County every day. Don't believe me? Just go see what the judge does when you try to ask the banks to prove they hold the note on the mortgage they're trying to foreclose on.

Want to stop it? Then you'll need to act.