The cost of said investigation will be borne by the American taxpayer, while any fines resulting from said investigation will be paid through a combination of reductions in distributions to shareholders and reductions in line staff positions.

Unless this ends with the CEO in a jail cell, it won't change a damn thing.

Soumac: The cost of said investigation will be borne by the American taxpayer, while any fines resulting from said investigation will be paid through a combination of reductions in distributions to shareholders and reductions in line staff positions.

Aren't you a little ray of sunshine?

Soumac: The cost of said investigation will be borne by the American taxpayer, while any fines resulting from said investigation will be paid through a combination of reductions in distributions to shareholders and reductions in line staff positions.

Yup. And the executives will walk away with a slap on the wrists. And/or a golden parachute.

Weaver95: Unless this ends with the CEO in a jail cell dragged out into the street by an angry mob, then lynched, it won't change a damn thing.

Or even Merrill-Lynched, for that matter...

xanadian: Soumac: The cost of said investigation will be borne by the American taxpayer, while any fines resulting from said investigation will be paid through a combination of reductions in distributions to shareholders and reductions in line staff positions.

Yup. And the executives will walk away with a slap on the wrists. And/or a golden parachute.

Oh i'm sure they'll look all contrite for the photo op, but in the end nothing will change. I mean call me cynical if you want but I don't see criminal charges coming out of this.

Considering that Congress is filled with corporate whores on both sides of the aisle I don't expect one single damn thing to come from this. They won't bite the hand that feed them.

Diogenes: Soumac: The cost of said investigation will be borne by the American taxpayer, while any fines resulting from said investigation will be paid through a combination of reductions in distributions to shareholders and reductions in line staff positions.

Aren't you a little ray of sunshine?

I blame Monday morning.

Bah.

They deserve street justice for what they've done. Wall Street justice.

/meaning the feds will give them $100bn and a slap on the wrist

Soumac: Diogenes: Soumac: The cost of said investigation will be borne by the American taxpayer, while any fines resulting from said investigation will be paid through a combination of reductions in distributions to shareholders and reductions in line staff positions.

Aren't you a little ray of sunshine?

I blame Monday morning.

Bah.

Welcome, once again, to your dystopian future.

xanadian
Or even Merrill-Lynched, for that matter...

ha, "Merrill Lynch Mob"

wait... Weaver95: Yup. And the executives will walk away with a slap on the wrists. And/or a golden parachute.

Oh i'm sure they'll look all contrite for the photo op, but in the end nothing will change. I mean call me cynical if you want but I don't see criminal charges coming out of this.

Yup - they've already bought and paid for Congress.

I was at the hardware store on Saturday picking up some odds and ends for the plumbing I'm doin on the house and as I was checking out this woman goes up to one of the kids working there and is states her name and says she's from BofA. I can only imagine this kid was default on a loan or something and they sent this biatch out to harass him at work.

As I was driving home I thought to myself I should have said something about how bad bank of america sucks cock and that kid should under no circumstances be talking to that woman without a lawyer.

/cool story, bro.

I hope you fiscal liberals are paying attention. Government got involved bailing out a company it shouldn't have, now it's getting involved in investigating a company (which it should never do). In either case, colossal amounts of your money have been completely wasted in the process of propping up a company that isn't efficient enough to survive.

Just leave Wells Fargo alone. They have scams which work in favor of the customer.

/write $10 over on an ATM deposit slip...they don't check it
//believe it still works
///got that from a BoA branch manager

Diogenes: Soumac: The cost of said investigation will be borne by the American taxpayer, while any fines resulting from said investigation will be paid through a combination of reductions in distributions to shareholders and reductions in line staff positions.

Aren't you a little ray of sunshine?

Reality sucks.

They're the Bank of America.
They're the Bank of America.
Everybody live for the music-go-round.

Goldman Sachs will be fine, however. Cronies of the Obama Admin gotta get theirs.

Shaggy_C: Goldman Sachs will be fine, however. Cronies of the Obama Admin gotta get theirs.

hope so. Only one of the farkers I still have stock in

Eat the rich.

Only Congress has the balls to steal money from the taxpayers, give it to somebody else, and then investigate THEM when it turns out to be a disaster.

Will we ever hold Congress accountable?

Headso: I was at the hardware store on Saturday picking up some odds and ends for the plumbing I'm doin on the house and as I was checking out this woman goes up to one of the kids working there and is states her name and says she's from BofA. I can only imagine this kid was default on a loan or something and they sent this biatch out to harass him at work.

As I was driving home I thought to myself I should have said something about how bad bank of america sucks cock and that kid should under no circumstances be talking to that woman without a lawyer.

/cool story, bro.

Right, because the kid probably wasn't really super past due on a car payment or anything.

/manages repo/field chase/skip locate vendors for a major auto finance company
//Yes, we do this exact thing if we can't get in touch with our debtors via telephone.
///Always call your lender, even if you can't make a payment.

Gamer Grrrl: Right, because the kid probably wasn't really super past due on a car payment or anything.

/manages repo/field chase/skip locate vendors for a major auto finance company
//Yes, we do this exact thing if we can't get in touch with our debtors via telephone.
///Always call your lender, even if you can't make a payment.

ummm... it's far more populist to blame the fat cat bankers, GG.
Get with it, dear.

skullkrusher: hope so. Only one of the farkers I still have stock in

You were smart. Kind of like buying Halliburton when Bush/Cheney took the White House.

Headso: As I was driving home I thought to myself I should have said something about how bad bank of america sucks cock and that kid should under no circumstances be talking to that woman without a lawyer.

He is probably defaulting on his house on purpose and hasn't made a payment in over a year. I can't say I feel sorry for him. And no, you don't need a lawyer to deal with these cockroaches. They're not the cops, and they're the ones getting screwed, not you.

DrZiffle: Eat the rich.

What does that even mean?

Shaggy_C: skullkrusher: hope so. Only one of the farkers I still have stock in

You were smart. Kind of like buying Halliburton when Bush/Cheney took the White House.

did that too. Why should politicians be the only ones making money on corporatist corruption?

Gamer Grrrl: we do this exact thing if we can't get in touch with our debtors via telephone.

A person's time at work is not your time and it's not their time, it's the person paying the salary's time. I tell you people to fark right off when they call looking for our stall muckers.

ne2d - DrZiffle: Eat the rich.

What does that even mean?

I'm not positive, but I would like to explore the possibilities with billionaire heiress and TV funny-lady, Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

it means: kill 'em, digest 'em, shiat 'em.

/but I do like technicolor-misfit's idea, too.

jfsimpson: I hope you fiscal liberals are paying attention. Government got involved bailing out a company it shouldn't have, now it's getting involved in investigating a company (which it should never do). In either case, colossal amounts of your money have been completely wasted in the process of propping up a company that isn't efficient enough to survive.


"I was a liberal? Who knew?"

Headso: Gamer Grrrl: we do this exact thing if we can't get in touch with our debtors via telephone.

A person's time at work is not your time and it's not their time, it's the person paying the salary's time. I tell you people to fark right off when they call looking for our stall muckers.

There's a really easy way to keep them from visiting you (at work): Call them. They only resort to field visits if they can't get you on the phone. You don't even have to make payment arrangements, either.

Headso: A person's time at work is not your time and it's not their time, it's the person paying the salary's time. I tell you people to fark right off when they call looking for our stall muckers.

Just keep in mind what a lot of these "poor homeowners" are doing, which is intentionally farking over the banks. I'd like to live rent free for a year and have the largest debt in my life erased, where do I sign up?

As a Bank of America customer, I am not getting a kick out of these replies. :(

xanadian: Weaver95: Unless this ends with the CEO in a jail cell dragged out into the street by an angry mob, then lynched, it won't change a damn thing.

Or even Merrill-Lynched, for that matter...

Merrily lynched?

wolvernova: Just keep in mind what a lot of these "poor homeowners" are doing, which is intentionally farking over the banks. I'd like to live rent free for a year and have the largest debt in my life erased, where do I sign up?

Plenty of truth to this. I personally know a guy who bought a 60" flatscreen TV on credit.... then when he wasn't making the payments, the company called him. He told them "Well, I need to declare bankruptcy. Do you want to renegotiate?" Ended up getting the TV for a significant discount by extorting the company. When he told me this story, I wanted to break his nose.

There are some people truly farked by the system, and I feel sorry for them. But there are large populations of A) People gaming the system, and B) Idiots who can't manage their own funds. BOA may be an evil company but they are lenders to deadbeats as well as working stiffs.

VideSupra: mmm... pancake: Only Congress has the balls to steal money from the taxpayers, give it to somebody else, and then investigate THEM when it turns out to be a disaster.

Will we ever hold Congress accountable?

Picture of Ballot Box


It's a cute idea, but the current system essentially guarantees a monarchy of the rich and corrupt.

If you want your vote to mean something, massive campaign and campaign finance reform would have to occur.

xanadian: Weaver95: Unless this ends with the CEO in a jail cell dragged out into the street by an angry mob, then lynched, it won't change a damn thing.

Or even Merrill-Lynched, for that matter...

That's when you tie the rope around the guy's neck to the bull.

Senescent Dawn: Plenty of truth to this. I personally know a guy who bought a 60" flatscreen TV on credit.... then when he wasn't making the payments, the company called him. He told them "Well, I need to declare bankruptcy. Do you want to renegotiate?" Ended up getting the TV for a significant discount by extorting the company. When he told me this story, I wanted to break his nose.

There are some people truly farked by the system, and I feel sorry for them. But there are large populations of A) People gaming the system, and B) Idiots who can't manage their own funds. BOA may be an evil company but they are lenders to deadbeats as well as working stiffs.

They're definitely an evil company, but as you've pointed out, so are the people they're often chasing down. I knew a guy that as soon as he bought his house he started sucking out the equity. Drained tens of thousands of dollars to pay off credit cards and buy ridiculously expensive electronics and furniture. When the house stopped appreciating, he sold it as a short sale and now just purchased a previously-foreclosed house. At less than 40% its peak price. With zero money down, thanks to our govt's retarded first time home buyers tax credit. And he still has all the goodies from his previous equity liquidation. I don't want to break his nose, I want to douse him with gasoline and light him on fire.

/not a cool story bro
//kill these evil banks, and the stupid "victims" too

Weaver95: xanadian: Soumac: The cost of said investigation will be borne by the American taxpayer, while any fines resulting from said investigation will be paid through a combination of reductions in distributions to shareholders and reductions in line staff positions.

Yup. And the executives will walk away with a slap on the wrists. And/or a golden parachute.

Oh i'm sure they'll look all contrite for the photo op, but in the end nothing will change. I mean call me cynical if you want but I don't see criminal charges coming out of this.

The only way you'll get something to be satisfied with is civil unrest. Why are you becoming a Marxist pushing for a proletariat revolution Weaver?

I have very low hopes and expectations for this. I don't think I'd be able to understand the thought process of someone who does.

Headso: Gamer Grrrl: we do this exact thing if we can't get in touch with our debtors via telephone.

A person's time at work is not your time and it's not their time, it's the person paying the salary's time. I tell you people to fark right off when they call looking for our stall muckers.

Had a boss that did that when a collector called work looking for one of our bartenders. He didn't do her any favors, as her car got repossessed in the parking lot during the dinner rush.

You'd shiat yourself if a pissed off process server showed up looking for an employee. Those guys are ruthless.

wolvernova: Headso: A person's time at work is not your time and it's not their time, it's the person paying the salary's time. I tell you people to fark right off when they call looking for our stall muckers.

Just keep in mind what a lot of these "poor homeowners" are doing, which is intentionally farking over the banks. I'd like to live rent free for a year and have the largest debt in my life erased, where do I sign up?

And still be called a victim. Classic.

I could have bought a house 4-5 years ago but realized it didn't make much financial sense at the time. Now I wish I had, so Obama could bail me out.

wolvernova: With zero money down, thanks to our govt's retarded first time home buyers tax credit.

How did he pull that off if he'd already bought a home previously?

inglixthemad: The only way you'll get something to be satisfied with is civil unrest. Why are you becoming a Marxist pushing for a proletariat revolution Weaver?

The current climate really is an evocative demonstration of how demagogues come to power. When the alternative to supporting the Nazis is supporting the Wiemar Republic, you'll find a lot of people stuck between a rock and a hard place and saying some foolish things.

Anyone who thinks that a revolution will result in a fairer, more prosperous America are dreaming. Unfortunately, anyone who thinks we can reform ourselves back to a clean and efficient government are also nuts.

wolvernova: Headso: A person's time at work is not your time and it's not their time, it's the person paying the salary's time. I tell you people to fark right off when they call looking for our stall muckers.

Just keep in mind what a lot of these "poor homeowners" are doing, which is intentionally farking over the banks. I'd like to live rent free for a year and have the largest debt in my life erased, where do I sign up?

It's amazing what people will do to keep "their" cars without paying for them. One of our repo agents had the shiat kicked out of him a couple weeks ago by the debtor's 25-year-old son. It happened in a public area, with a half dozen witnesses, in the early evening. The paperwork was all in order, and the debtor knew this was coming.

I have no idea how failing to pay for a car and refusing to surrender it ISN'T considered theft.

VideSupra: mmm... pancake: Only Congress has the balls to steal money from the taxpayers, give it to somebody else, and then investigate THEM when it turns out to be a disaster.

Will we ever hold Congress accountable?

[ballot box]

Now that's the funniest thing I've seen yet.

Gamer Grrrl: wolvernova: Headso: A person's time at work is not your time and it's not their time, it's the person paying the salary's time. I tell you people to fark right off when they call looking for our stall muckers.

Just keep in mind what a lot of these "poor homeowners" are doing, which is intentionally farking over the banks. I'd like to live rent free for a year and have the largest debt in my life erased, where do I sign up?

It's amazing what people will do to keep "their" cars without paying for them. One of our repo agents had the shiat kicked out of him a couple weeks ago by the debtor's 25-year-old son. It happened in a public area, with a half dozen witnesses, in the early evening. The paperwork was all in order, and the debtor knew this was coming.

I have no idea how failing to pay for a car and refusing to surrender it ISN'T considered theft.

In Texas its legal to shoot a repo man if he's on your property.

mmm... pancake: Only Congress has the balls to steal money from the taxpayers, give it to somebody else, and then investigate THEM when it turns out to be a disaster.

Will we ever hold Congress accountable?

Nope, they never will.

Politicians have taken the page from the union busters playbook and have ran with it. Divide and conquer and all that.
That is why we have the loony left and the rabid right. People of the USA will never unite and work together to take back the country.