I'm mad as hell.
The federal government, after refusing to regulate the modern financial industry, has now decided that they will spend untold billions of taxpayer dollars to bail out firms that played fast and loose with other people's money.
I'm all for that. The current financial crisis does need radical intervention, and all of our assets are on the line.
But I have visions of the CEOs who have gotten us into this mess retiring in luxury, and I can't stand it.
I'm not going to get a gun and shoot anyone. I just don't have it in me, and I'm not a good shot. Besides, I'm not willing to go to jail for it.
I'd love, as my title says, to see the CEO's step up and take responsibility, in the historic Japanese tradition, and expiate their shame with ritual suicide, but I know that this is not part of our culture, and many of them are shameless.
Below the fold, I start trying to translate my anger into more reasonable ideas that might actually punish the guilty while meeting constitutional muster and having a chance to pass as part of the bailout package.
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