Wells Fargo is Rotting from the Top Down

Wells Fargo is Rotting from the Top Down

Just when you thought that, surely, big banker greed had bottomed out with 2008’s Wall Street crash and bailout, along comes Wells Fargo, burrowing even deeper into the ethical slime to reach a previously unimaginable level of corporate depravity. It’s one...
Debt Collectors Get Away With Daylight Robbery

Debt Collectors Get Away With Daylight Robbery

I thought Donnie Trump and his fellow Republicans were big law ‘n order politicians. So, why are they trying to scrap the sheriff and unleash thousands of robbers to run wild across America? The sheriff they want to nix is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The...
Banks Don’t Commit Crimes, Bankers Do

Banks Don’t Commit Crimes, Bankers Do

Hey, stop complaining that our government coddles Wall Street’s big, money-grubbing banks. Sure, they went belly-up and crashed our economy with their greed. And, yes, Washington bailed them out, while ignoring the plight of workaday people who lost jobs, homes,...
King Coal Is Headed to Prison

King Coal Is Headed to Prison

So long, Don, it’s been God-awful to know you. Don Blankenship, who was the King of King Coal, is headed toward a place he never imagined he’d end up: federal prison. The ruthless former CEO of the Massey Energy company arrogantly assumed he was above the...