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Mr. Sparkle

(3,596 posts) Thu Mar 20, 2025, 08:54 AM Mar 2025

Michael Lewis: There's more fraud on Wall Street than in the government

CNN’s Anderson Cooper talks with “The Big Short” author Michael Lewis about his new book “Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service” and how he thinks accusations of rampant fraud in the federal government are overstated.

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Michael Lewis: There's more fraud on Wall Street than in the government (Original Post) Mr. Sparkle Mar 2025 OP

The billionaires and CEOS scam Americans way more than the US govt does. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #1

Poly Sci 101: If you're looking for government corruption look on the local level. mobeau69 Mar 2025 #3

This is fantastic information... ECL213 Mar 2025 #2

Jake Schmucker - It's the Gulf of Mexico you F---ing Moron! flashman13 Mar 2025 #4

Fraud Doesn't Stop at Wall Street truddy777 Aug 2025 #5

Irish_Dem

(79,190 posts)

1. The billionaires and CEOS scam Americans way more than the US govt does.

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Thu Mar 20, 2025, 08:55 AM

Mar 2025

mobeau69

(12,206 posts)

3. Poly Sci 101: If you're looking for government corruption look on the local level.

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Thu Mar 20, 2025, 09:21 AM

Mar 2025

If you go grouse hunting go where the grouse are.

Lewis is a national treasure.

ECL213

(427 posts)

2. This is fantastic information...

Reply to Mr. Sparkle (Original post)

Thu Mar 20, 2025, 09:14 AM

Mar 2025

nobody will listen to.

flashman13

(1,932 posts)

4. Jake Schmucker - It's the Gulf of Mexico you F---ing Moron!

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Thu Mar 20, 2025, 10:36 AM

Mar 2025

truddy777

(67 posts)

5. Fraud Doesn't Stop at Wall Street

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Tue Aug 26, 2025, 06:36 PM

Aug 2025

Last edited Tue Sep 2, 2025, 07:16 AM - Edit history (1)

Lewis has a point, Wall Street fraud dwarfs most of what happens in government. But it’s not like government is immune either, especially at the contracting level. Stuff like procurement fraud bleeds taxpayer money in ways most people never hear about, even if it doesn’t grab headlines the same way Wall Street scandals do.

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