capitalism counts on the morality of those with the power unfortunately. > -----Original Message----- > From: Gary P. McNeel, Jr. [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 8:47 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Well, add another black day to the list... > > Enron in Houston just laid off 5,000 people. Most lost their entire > retirement (401K was tied to the company stock). And the big guys wal > ked > away with hundreds (read 2.5+) hundreds of millions of dollars. Well, > business in America, capitalism and all that. Rich get richer and mid > dle > class take the beating. And all it gets on FOX/News is a scrolling li > ttle > line at the bottom of the page while a sad puppy-eyed bubble headed b > leach > blonde talks about OJ being in trouble again. Hello!!! Who gives a sh > it? > Good God man. Liberal media? Bah. > > Sad thing is, I believe in the principles of capitalism, only regulat > ed. > Unregulated it is highly destructive. Anything goes. Some of you are > feeling > the pinch of this even now. It will be a travesty of law and an indic > tment > of the business laws in this country if these men walk away with a ce > nt from > this. Hell, that happens in third world countries all the time. They > should > all go to prison - for life. Only the "corporate veil" will shield th > em. 1/2 > billion in money that was out and not on the books (neat little looph > ole, > don't own more than 50% in a company, don't show the money on the boo > ks). > And the Bush plan to give money back to all these poor companies that > are > just struggling in the current climate (what, they did not save money > for a > rainy day?) will be giving money BACK to Enron under the law. Ugh. > > Man, how many lives did these few people just trash? Right before Chr > istmas > (reminiscent of Exxon\Mobil merger last year) and in a down and out e > conomy. > Like the guy said after the S&L scam of the 80's, "I wish someone had > robbed > me and broken my arm. I could recover from that. I have lost everythi > ng I > worked a lifetime for and have no way to recover it now." (closely > paraphrased). These people have too much power to affect to many live > s and > to little regard for those lives. I bet none of these men are loosing > a > minutes sleep over this. > > Funny, we punish the hell out of blue collar crime and reward white c > ollar > crime. Only... it does billions of dollars of damage annually and aff > ects > countless lives. > > Gary P. McNeel, Jr. > MyKitPlane.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.mykitplane.com > > What's the hurry? Are you afraid I won't come back? > > - Manfred von Richthofen, 'The Red Baron,' last recorded words, in > reply to > a request for an autograph as he was climbing into the cockpit of his > plane. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
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