There Oughta Be A Law!

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In another venue, someone argued 'the people who caused the mortgage meltdown be in jail?!'

I don't know if any of you, dear readers, happen to hold that view, but, if you do, would you be so kind as to tell me, in general terms, who you think ought to be in jail, and in specific terms, what you think they should be in jail for?

Let me note two important things at the outset: remember that lying to people is usually only against the law if you're doing so to cheat them out of money (which is why Bernie Madoff is in jail), and it's unconstitutional to make laws that make something retroactively illegal.

Got your moral outrage ready? Go!

Comments

admittedly off topic...

[allessindra.livejournal.com]

There's plenty of stupid to go around, but if we start locking people up for stupid, well, that's going to be a difficult world to live in.

well, they can start making room for the stupid-in-this-particular-way-on-the-side-of-the-lending by releasing all the (IMO) foolishly imprisoned 'victimless crime' committers (mostly zero tolerance mandatory sentenced drug 'dealers').

If we're going to lock up stupid, let's lock up the ones who were stupid at other people, thus harming the entire frekking economy, as opposed to those who were arguably mostly stupid just to themselves.

Re: admittedly off topic...

[rowyn]

I'd much rather see drug users and dealers freed than yet more people imprisoned.