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25 Jun 2015, 7:37 pm

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that's why the legal system exists; to punish those who ignore laws


And then there are corporations who think they are above the laws. A multi-million dollar campaign donation is all it takes and our "representatives" will protect those too big to jail.
Corporations such as?



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25 Jun 2015, 7:53 pm

Fugu wrote:
Aspiegaming wrote:
Fugu wrote:
that's why the legal system exists; to punish those who ignore laws


And then there are corporations who think they are above the laws. A multi-million dollar campaign donation is all it takes and our "representatives" will protect those too big to jail.
Corporations such as?


Koch Industries (The Koch Brothers are big donators)
Not just corporations but banks too especially Wall Street banks.
JPMorgan Chase
Goldman Sachs
Non-profit organizations like Citizens United (remember the supreme court ruling back in 2010 that allowed any big business to spend all they want on campaigns aka Corporations are people?)

Even after the harm they've done, they won't be sent to jail. They'll probably get a fine where they have to pay a certain amount of money in damages that feels like nothing to them. A billion dollar fine won't scare them. They won't learn their lesson.


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25 Jun 2015, 8:02 pm

Aspiegaming wrote:
Fugu wrote:
Aspiegaming wrote:
Fugu wrote:
that's why the legal system exists; to punish those who ignore laws


And then there are corporations who think they are above the laws. A multi-million dollar campaign donation is all it takes and our "representatives" will protect those too big to jail.
Corporations such as?


Koch Industries (The Koch Brothers are big donators)
Not just corporations but banks too especially Wall Street banks.
JPMorgan Chase
Goldman Sachs
Non-profit organizations like Citizens United (remember the supreme court ruling back in 2010 that allowed any big business to spend all they want on campaigns aka Corporations are people?)

Even after the harm they've done, they won't be sent to jail. They'll probably get a fine where they have to pay a certain amount of money in damages that feels like nothing to them. A billion dollar fine won't scare them. They won't learn their lesson.
The Koch brothers have been doing their best to undermine the current political climate, i'll grant that, but they've been fined in the past; as they're currently worth 100 Billion, 1 billion would be enough of a slap to the face to get them to sit up I would think. as for the others, they're not really bluecollar, and the current climate would be extremely hostile towards another Goldman Sachs-type situation occuring.