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Quote of the Week: The Financial Crash
"Confident men took leave of common sense and bet on the idea of
perpetual profit in the real estate market and crashed. But it wasn't
their money. It was your money they were messing with. And that's why we
need government regulators. Gimlet-eyed men with steel-rim glasses and
crepe-soled shoes who check the numbers and have the power to say, 'This
is a scam and a hustle and either you cease and desist or you spend a few
years in a minimum-security federal facility playing backgammon.' "
Garrison Keillor, Alternet, October 6, 2008
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