However, the profits (so called excessive at times) MUST be gotten honestly! - not via collusion (investment bankers/equity analysts /VC's/ "cooked-books, pro-forma statements, ...) ... etc.
Grandmam and Grandpap will NEVER get their ENRON/Xerox/WorldCom/ ... pension money back and they will not have time enough to re-coup those "loses" - and yet the CEO's/CFO's/ ... etc. get to keep their manions/ ... etc.
And now we talk about reform - spell BARN DOOR!!!
This is what Dimbaugh et. al., miss or deny - the "markets" have been "rigged" and anyone with an oversight duty took that role as a noun not an active verb.
I am not seeking a simple witch hunt - I want an "no-holds-barred" inquisition - rake and all!!!
Classic!!!