I can live with that. So should anyone be able to.
White collar crime gets excused far too often as being a "victimless" crime. It ain't.
white collar crime is economic and can be compensated for
True in theory but how often is that the case? Death for criminal bankers is a little over the top but add crooked lawyers and politicians in and I'll buy in
then we should be consistent: a kid who steals a pack of gum can't give that gum back if he's already chewed it, so we'd better be putting him to death as well.
Nice try. A pack of gum is not in the same league.
The bankers we are discussing have stolen peoples time, their retirement hopes, their dreams. More importantly, their trust. Sounds a heck of a lot like murder or rape, put like that.
You should know - you work in an industry where trust is both in short supply and rarely granted. (Don't know how you do it, to be honest. It would kill me to work that environment.) Use a bank, you are trusting the bank with your third most precious possession after your life and your heart.
I can live with that. So should anyone be able to.
White collar crime gets excused far too often as being a "victimless" crime. It ain't.
I think you should spend some time reading through what really happens in the white collar crime grist mills before you get too comfy on that high horse of yours. Go read this story - http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,134156.msg548867.html#msg548867 (http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,134156.msg548867.html#msg548867) - and then ponder whether she deserves the death penalty.