Excuse me while I rant.
This is straight up BULLSHIT!!!
Just heard breaking news on Hardball that ole' Bernie Madoff and his wife have filed papers in court to claim that their assets should not be subject to seizure, because they are in his wifes name. Talk about Chutzpah!
To find out why I'm really pissed, follow me below the fold.
Back in the early 80's, when I was a teenager in Wyoming, I had a friend in high school who's family lost everything they had, because their father was an active poacher, hunting antelope and deer well out of season. And according to the law, their house, his father's truck , his mother's car, their house, and of course, all of their guns, were confiscated by the State of Wyoming.
Now, they weren't rich, but they were well off enough that he didn't need to hunt out of season. He just did it, because he wanted to. He was known to hunt in season without a proper license too. He didn't feel that he needed to follow the laws of the state. The punishment affected everyone in the whole family. His father lost his job in the oil fields, and couldn't find work after that to save his life. The oldest son, my friend, had been working on a ranch since he was 15. Now at 17, all of the money he made had to go to paying the rent on a dilapatated old trailer in town. His 14 year old sister had to find work too.
Now that is a hard luck story.
But ole' Bernie Madoff still lives a life of luxury in his penthouse suite in Manhattan. And now he has the sheer audacity to request that the courts allow him and his wife to keep all of their assets because they are in wife's name. Are you fucking kidding me? They both deserve to go to prison!
What should be done, in the name of all that is good, is for the AG to serve his wife with conspiracy to every charge that has been charged against Bernie. Cuff them both, seize all assets, luck them up in seperate Federal Penetentaries. And not a "Club Fed" either.
Man this really chaps my ass!! And you wonder why the average American has no faith the system, economic & political.
Eric Holder, I'm talking to you. Lock em' up!