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2010’s Most Shameless Corporate Outlaw

The American people rescued these six banks. They’ve all violated the law, and they’re all suspected of even more possible illegalities.
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As part of the Curbing Wall Street project, Richard Eskow asks which was “America’s Most Shameless Corporate Outlaw” in 2010?. “The American people rescued these six banks. They’ve all violated the law, and they’re all suspected of even more possible illegalities. And yet they’re all pouting because they weren’t invited to the White House along with the other CEOs. Which is our most shameless corporate lawbreaker? In any normal period of history they’d all be considered corrupt institutions, and their leaders would be ashamed to show their faces among respectable people. But these aren’t normal times, are they?

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