Originally Posted By: jonnynonos
Originally Posted By: TheArm
Originally Posted By: jonnynonos
That is what mobsters and pro-mob people always say... but look at all the other corruption, blah blah blah.

That is true, but big banks occasionally get caught by the SEC and go to jail/get punished, too.

So why whine when mobsters get caught and go to jail?

As a logical construct it's nonsensical to say that ubiquitous corruption translates to corruption being acceptable.

It just means that the mob has a lot of company in the sewer.



No, you misunderstand, I am not talking about breaking the law...I am talking about private equity companies buying half plus one percent of a company in the form of "venture capital" where the company pays dividends in the form of interest, and the very same day the companies infrastructure becomes valued higher then it's projected profit, they lock the gathes and sell off everything
Perfectly legal
We had a presidential candidate in that business
How is the HELL is that any different from a Shylock buying into a business, running it in to the ground and then busting it out???
There is NO difference, except the Shylock goes to prison, and Mitt Fucking Romney retires in Utah
Now apply RICO to things outside LCN
Why weren't the CEOs of Worldcom and ENRON charged under the RICO statutes?
Were they not "part of an ongoing criminal enterprise"?
You see where I am going here?





That is not in most instances what Mitt Romney did, or what a leveraged buyout is.

You are telling yourself stories to make yourself feel better and give organized crime a patina of "well, they're just as bad as us."

Yes, there are shady business people. That has no relevance on whether the freaking mob should be prosecuted.

A more accurate comparison would be a payday loan place, which is legal, to juice.

So, therefore: open a payday loan place if you must, kids, don't lend juice!

See how simple that is.


Payday loans are another good example, but lete go back to private equity.

A business needs capital
You invest capital
the capital give you control of credit, the books and equity
The infastructure exceeds the potential on return of investment
You lock the door and sell everything off
I'll ask AGAIN, how does this differ from a shylock who loans a busness money, his return is lite, and buists the place out?

Legal relitivity...nothing more


Been there and done it
I am very much for real, so if you ask, make sure you really want to know.