This is more of a rant than a diary of any substance but am I the only one that is outraged over the fact that the US Department of Justice has brought a whole lot of resources to bear on corruption at organization that runs soccer all over the world but yet lets big banks that have done far worse to our economy go scott free!
If you read any of the articles that have been written up on FIFA it will tell you that they have everything from phone taps and other recordings to financial records and testimony of shady dealings regarding the possible awarding of the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup tournaments to Russia and Qatar respectively. They even asked Switzerland to arrest and extradite FIFA officials which included a nice perp walk from a luxury resort hotel in Zurich.
But what about any consequences for the banks that engaged in shady mortgage deals that they knew were shady to begin with, see Former Sen. Carl Levin reciting an email about shitty deals? When do we see how Citigroup pretty much wrote the bill that deregulated the banking system only to allow more of a profit for them and we get stuck with cleaning up the mess? When do we see the information about credit default swaps that were shady which they knew were shady and could have a huge effect on an economic down turn? How about how banks are suppose to be giving relief to homeowners who are in bad mortgages but that does not happen? Or in other words WHEN WILL JAMIE DIMON AND OTHERS LIKE HIM GET THE PERP WALK!
Sorry this is a rant and not a diary of substance, but I needed to share this with people who I know will feel the same way I do! I hope a better diarist then me can bring more light to this.