My mom and I am fighting again - this time over Ken Lay
She wants him to rot in prison. And die. (She's a fundie and a dedicated Repub.) I disagreed. Prisons should only be for violent offenders. I think he should pay restitution
"Destroying people's hopes and dreams, ruining their futures? You don't call that violence?" She has a point.
He definitely should pay restitution but that is not enough. He should be put away so that he does not have a chance to perpetrate more frauds. If the only penalty were restitution, that would not be much of a deterrent. It would mean that a person would lose only what he gained from the fraud. He deserves to lose much more than that.
He committed crimes and in the sum that he stole it was a felony. He should have to sell all his houses, jets, boats and what not and give his employees their funds back in full, plus the interest it would have gained since Enron failed.
11. There is certainly a nice cushy minimum security country club prison
where he can spend a few years thinking about what he's done all the while his fortunes can be returned to the people he stole them from. After he gets out he deserves a job in data procession for $7.50 an hour and be forced to contribute the maximum to his 401(k) in the hopes that his employer doesn't STEAL it!! (Oh, and Linda can keep selling antiques :eyes:)
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