Why Mega Banks Are The Modern Cocaine Cowboys

Thursday, August 2, 2012
By Paul Martin

by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
08/02/2012

In today’s episode of blast from the past, Bloomberg’s Jonathan Weil takes us on a time journey, which presents the Too Big To Fail bank problem from a different perspective: that of the Cocaine Cowboy roaming the streets of Miami in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Just like today’s big banks they were untouchable; just like today’s banks they were collaborating and existing in perfect symbiosis with the Federal Reserve; just like today the Cocaine Cowboys existed in an untouchable vacuum courtesy of endless bribes to the local law enforcement and judicial officials, and just like today, the TBTF institution du jour isn’t “merely an economic problem. It is a great moral failing of our society that poisons our democracy.” Back then, Ronald Reagan stepped in just when Miami (whose real estate market had soared in 1979-1981 courtesy of rampant crime and money laundering: hint hint NAR anti money-laundering exemptions) was about to be overrun, forming a task force that in the nick of time restored law and order. Today we are not that lucky, as there is not a single politican willing to risk it all just to eradicate the modern version of a classic scourge: only this time they don’t hand out 8 balls; they give away 0% introductory APR cards and 3 Year NINJA Adjustable Rate Mortgages. Both however get you hooked for life: either on drugs or on debt. Will someone step up this time and form a task force to eliminate the second coming of the Cocaine Cowboy? Sadly, we don’t think so. At least not until the next great crash happens.

From Jonathan Weil of Bloomberg:

Cocaine Cowboys Know Best Places to Bank

The Rest…HERE

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