Why is Bernie under house arrest (yeah, I would rather he be in jail too) while others who defrauded investors, workers, taxpayers, and the US economy not only get off, they get billions in bailout cash?
Look who got victimized: Very wealthy people whose money buys access to power were Bernie's marks. The CEOs, CFOs, Boards, and Upper Management of scores of corporations stole as much or more by fraud, but the victims were the whole of American citizenry.
When workers, small investors hoping to save for old age, middle class living reasonably within their means and investing carefully are the viticims, they are S.O.L. They can't buy access to power. They can't buy flashy media attention. They can't afford attornies to sue corporate frauds.
Bernie should be in jail while waiting for his day in court. ANYBODY with that sort of financial resources IS a flight risk. He has already been caught trying to squirrle away assests for his post-prision life. Yes, jail while waiting for trial, then punishment as dictated by the outcome of the trials; there WILL be appeals, Bernie can afford LOTS of legal representation.
Should Bernie be the distraction/whipping boy so Americans don't righteously, and vehemently demand prosecution of the OTHER criminals who defrauded, stole, killed the economy, then had the gall to show up and stomp their feet for taxpayer bailouts so they could continue? No! Bernie should not be the scapegoat sacrificed for the mobs to vent their anger upon.
Bernie is not the issue. Fraud is the issue and the whole system has been running on it for a long time.
Lock up Bernie, but give him lots of well dressed company. There are enough corporate criminals to raise employment numbers if we would just try them, imprison them, hire guards to fucking keep them in jail.
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