They’re just imitating the overlords. The hedge fundies in the City of London and Wall Street are doing this sort of thing to countries around the globe from the safety of their gleaming office towers on a much larger scale and with much more serious consequences. They get away with it and go home every night to their zillion dollar condos and do a bunch of cocaine while the rest of us schlubs watch our 401Ks dwindle and our pensions disappear.

Seriously, there is no rule of law for those at the top so why are we surprised when those at the bottom don’t pay attention to it either?