Seth Meyers takes a closer look at the $5 Billion dollar fine levied against Goldman Sachs, and figures out a way to meaningfully punish those who caused the banking crisis, using old Tom Green VHS tapes. The Tom Green connection and the specific movie ‘Freddy Got Fingered’ come into play after Seth examines what kind of deterrent the $5 Billion dollar fine really is, and how financial institutions have weathered similar punitive fines unscathed. A man who was punished for not returning the previously mentioned movie for 14 years, wasn’t as lucky as Goldman Sachs. I won’t be a spoiler this time, but it’s worth seeing!
I’m sorry that Elizabeth Warren alone cannot levy the fines and punishments for the high-dollar crooks. In a Senate hearing earlier this month, a witness who failed to renegotiate toxic mortgages, testified that there was absolutely no data showing the market was in crisis. To hear him talk, the failing market was a surprise to everyone! A clearly exasperated Warren slowly repeated what he’d said, then asked; “did you have your eyes stitched closed?” Seth, speaking for the witness; “The Joke’s on you Senator, because I didn’t need to have my eyes closed, my head was up my ass. ”
The punishment Seth devised to give the bankers a taste of what they need is a long-shot, but it seems to have a much better chance of working than the current ‘punishment’ that’s dealt out to them.