Should the Causers of Recessions/Depressions Hang?

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Should people like Madoff, and the big CEOs that create recessions and depressions get life and harsher punishment than they are?

It seems unfair that a poor guy that uses a gun to rob for a few hundred dollars gets 25 years, but men that wear white collars behind a desk get to destroy the lives of millions and still live in skyrise condos?

Maybe if we hung a few of these crooks from their giant glass buildings for the world to see they would stop defrauding the public and destroying the world for their own mega profits.

Maybe I am being a harsh with the death penalty, but it doesn't it seem that white collar crime is under punished and not enough is being done to prevent and deter this type of damaging behavior?

I think hanging them would be a bit extreme, but it would be definitely fun to see them robbed of all their assets... (Switzerland would never agree to this though). and maybe also only be allowed to work in McDonalds (frying s**t, not serving customers).

A year sharing a small cell with a big horny guy, about 6'6'' and weighing 250 lb with a yen to cuddle, would do just fine. After that a lifetime of solitary confinement with only one hour a day to see the sun or take a bath.


ruveyn

We don't hang axe murderers, if they are crazy enough not to understand what they are doing. How could you prove that some greedy jerk would *know* that he was about to start a depression or something?

That being said, CEO types often get away with murder (metaphorically speaking).

It's a stupid question. No person can "cause" a recession or a depression.

This talk sounds oh so much like the 1930s fashion of blaming the Jews for economic woes.

Maybe. But in the current economic situation, it might be possible to affix some of the blame to certain specific people.

That is quite true. But one can blame Madoff for bilking widows and orphans.

My proposal applies to white collar crimes with serious damages to people. I don't think we should send the perps to federal country clubs. We should bunk them with large horny men to like to cuddle.

ruveyn

Letting them hang is meaningless and immoral. What we need to do is get rid of this stupid system once and for all! Are people so blind that they do not understand what evils capitalism does to us every day?

you have a better idea?

Of course. They are only to be blamed for being greedy and stupid. And of course they are more skillful at that than most of us. Stupidity and greediness is so common in the human race most of humans would be sent to prison if that were the punishment. Since they caused the problem they should be responsible for curing it. Obama has already put one of them, Mr.Geithner, to work undoing the damage. But they need a bit of pressure to prompt them to do the job speedily. So one of them at random, each week, should be shot while the others watch. And that should continue until there's an economic turnaround. That should get their wheels spinning.

Communism.



well, putting a blame to someone is often what people do in cases such like this, but who said people aren't stupid?

Yes, revolution. Equal opportunity. Uprising of the masses. A sustainable society. Breaking the status quo. A chance for future generations.

The problem is that the current rescission was caused by a large portion of the population. Sure there might be a few politicians and CEO's that share a larger portion of the blame, yet it would almost be impossible to prove they actually wanted the economy to collapse (probably because it was the last thing on their mind).

All that means is we need a change of leadership. Execution is a rather nasty punishment that should only be used for the most violent and amoral offenders. And the current state of the death penalty costs millions more than life imprisonment.

Execution is a rather nasty punishment that should NEVER be used.

been there, done that, didn't work (I'm from Eastern Europe).

and they say that humanity learns by its mistakes... tut tut...

move to f*****g Cuba!

Got to disagree with you there. What about serial killers? Mass murderers? The remorseless types that like to look right at the mourning family members of their victims and smile?