Quote:You can't convince them that the government forced the bank to make risky loans, it damages their belief that all banks and corporations are evil.

Yes the bankers did nothing wrong. Some education for you:

 

http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactiv...ml?SITE=AP

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/24/busine...d=all&_r=0

 

You can blame the issuing of the loans on the government all you want and it's probably partly true even if you think the bankers didn't push for those rules from their bought politicians in the first place. What they did with the bad loans they knew were going to fail was their own doing to recklessly create vast sums of wealth at the direct expense of their clients and the economy. To say they acted in poor faith is an understatement in the matter. 

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