SEC branch chief who managed to find no problems at Bernie Madoff’s hedge fund<\/a> in a recent investigation. Rather than say, “I sure screwed up on that one,” she asked, “Why are you taking a mid-level staff person and making me responsible for the failure of the American economy?”<\/p>\nShe added, “If someone provides you with the wrong set of books, I don’t know how you find the real books.” That’s why it’s called an investigation<\/em>, you whining f***.<\/p>\nSo, if you’re looking to pull an accounting scam on someone, make sure she attended Yale undergrad and Fordham law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A lot of these entries have focused on the publishing industry, because I read about it and its constituents tend to whine a lot. I haven’t written so much about the financial crisis in that context, so I’ll remedy that now. Here’s an article about the SEC branch chief who managed to find no problems … <\/p>\n
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