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Originally Posted by mulp
Let's see if I understand the logic behind putting "blue collar" criminals in prison, but not "white collar" criminals:
"blue collar" guy goes into a bank with a note he passes to teller that says "give me the $20s in your cash drawer or my head will explode." She gives him the cash, he leaves, gets arrested for theft, and is sntenced to say 3 years for stealing $5000.
"white collar" CEO sets up a ponzi scheme with bank assets, drives up stock price so he gets a $5,000,000 bonus, a quarter later his scheme is discovered, run on bank forces bankruptcy and total loss of stockholder value, and the CEO is deemed to be a white collar criminal that gets what? Nothing? a pat on the back and a "good job Brownie"?
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Nothing? Not something I would advocate. The have, after all, light security prisons.
I simply will not advocating such a sleeze as the CEO you example in with murders, rapists, and the other scum of humanity.