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Poor guy, he's almost not obscenely wealthy. How will he ever survive in the manner to which he's become accustomed? Just think of the summer homes he might have bought with that 18 million. Or the 27 vacations to places he cannot pronounce! He might not be able to afford a private jet. Can you imagine him flying a commercial carrier in -- eww -- first class? Sad, really.

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I think Alex Jones is looking at that.

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I've tried to find a clip of her saying that, to no avail. It was so tone deaf and insane, I thought it would have made a great GIF.

"Let them eat cake" was at least uttered by a stupid 16 year old, this woman had to have been 40 at the time.

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It's something to see, baby.

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Private sector know-how!!

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"Pinball Wizard, Sir!"

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Yep. This is the thing.

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Control of the Executive Branch is very powerful in and of itself. As the Presidency has become more and more of a monarchy over the past few decades, control over the agencies is increasingly the way things get done.

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Second-generation wealthy are the absolute worst.

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[shudder]His former employees fly first class./s

Seriously - I'm sure this has been suggested before in this thread - why can't we hold him accountable for each and every fraudulent account and transfer? Where X = minimal fine for a lower level employee who did this, and Y = number of incidents, then fine him X x Y dollars.

The idea of jail time is appealing also.

If I murder 30 people instead of one, would I get a volume discount on my sentence?

If anything, his sentence should be more severe because he is in a position of authority. Are we not especially appalled when a clergyman, parent, cop, or teacher betrays a victim? Cops should be held to higher standards of behavior when it comes to dealing with criminals, and bank CEO should be held to higher standards, not lower, when it comes to dealing with our money.

Also, too, the bank should send out official notification clearing every customer who has been hit with fines, late charges, credit fails, etc. as a result of this.

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For instance - I moved to a local credit union about five years ago after some Bank of America evil, and my transactions are pretty much electronic. But Two weeks ago somebody hacked my debit card, and made two sizable withdrawals. I called Visa and they killed my debit card. Then I went to my CU location the next morning, was ushered in to a small office, and the nice lady fixed everything. I felt a lot more comfortable with a low intensity but competent human across the desk from me.

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I paid the mortgage with a networking job. I'm not afraid of high tech. But when I cook toast, I extract it with tongs made of two strips of bamboo glued together.

Sometimes the low tech solution to a problem is the best.

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Those leaders better listen to the people with only a few bucks, or the people will start up a new business called, "Head Swappers", and the leaders will the first beta testers of the new business.

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Home of the free, yeahLittle pink houses for you and me, oh for you and me.

Now we can't even afford that. Now we're down to micro pink houses and yurts. But we still pay for the thrills, the bills, and the (enhanced) pills that kill.

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You haven't been keeping up: I fully expect the Senate Republicans to declare us a full monarchy on Wednesday. 🤬🤢🤬

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So did you.

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