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He scammed out a couple dozen million dollars each year and is fined 128 million, which ruined him and he'd never be able to pay it back. This is the kind of pu
by downrightmike 7y ago
He scammed out a couple dozen million dollars each year and is fined 128 million, which ruined him and he'd never be able to pay it back. This is the kind of punishment That needs to happen to a lot of industries, really any of the crimes people commit should cost them more than they gained. But he must have been too small potatoes, so he got an appropriate sentence.
- cinquemb 7y ago>But he must have been too small potatoes, so he got an appropriate sentence. The "appropriate sentence" is coming for the bigger guys too, but it may not be paid by them, but definitely their ancestors… and definitely not by some court diktat…
- tehlike 7y agoI am curious - there are ways to shelter money, including sending it abroad. Can they claw it all back?
- downrightmike 7y agoThat's what the world's best military is for. Protect America's interests.
- noonespecial 7y agoIf the punishment levied by the government costs less than the gain from the crime, I think its just called taxes.
- pintxo 7y agoTaxes != punishment
- AdrianB1 7y agoThey are more than punishment. You are punished for living in a place, you are punished for earning money, the excuse is that taxes are a payment for services but taxes are the only "service" where you pay a percent of your proerty value or income and not a fixed amount. Just imagine you pay groceries a percentage of income, not a fixed dollar amount per product and you can see why taxes are not what they say they are.
- pintxo 7y agoI am happy for anyone proposing a better option to finance a modern society than taxes. As long as this is not the case, I find it hard to understand to see anyone, surely enjoying the benefits of a working modern society, describing the means to finance those benefits as a punishment.