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There is no room for million people in any jail system on the planet. What should happen is to send the share price to zero or give to the government. This wa
by miohtama 2y ago
There is no room for million people in any jail system on the planet.
What should happen is to send the share price to zero or give to the government.
This was e.g. done with 2008 financial crisis for Fannie Mae and it had been paying dividends to the US citizens since then.
However there exists discussion whether this was a good thing in the end.
- margalabargala 2y agoFYI, the US prison population is 1.2 million. Obviously that's not the same as havingva million of currently empty capacity, but still.
- daedrdev 2y agoSome of the largest shareholders include pension plans and every day peoples retirement accounts
- miohtama 2y agoYes, I got voted to oblivion for stating this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42831013 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42831013