Why not arrest CEOs behind the money mess?

Seeded on Mon Oct 6, 2008 12:55 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

The government's $700 billion plan to rescue the creaking financial system has prompted readers to ask, why can't we just arrest the CEOs responsible for this mess?

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- I would not have a problem with auditing all of them, probably would recover a great deal to pay down on the national debt. That may lead to charging many of them with felony charges and then they would lose their jobs and benefits. I would really go for that.
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- I think the IRS should audit the tax returns of the last three years of these top executives and then also for the next five years.

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First off I am a mother of 5 children and I am a stay at home mother. I know all you liberals will be just fuming over that. But if you are going to ask tough questions of McCain and Palin then please ask them of Obama as well. most of the people did not even know who he was until he started running for the presidency 19 months ago. As far as how long McCain has been in Washington, ask that same question of Kennedy, or Biden or a number of other Dems. The thing I have noticed most about Democrats is that they are easily fooled by the people in their own party. Just because Obama says something it doesnt mean that he is correct. As far as changing his mind on the issues, you all need to listen more to who he talks to. He panders to the crowd, he says what they want to hear. As far as Hillary ALL YOU DEMOCRAT WOMEN SHOULD BE ASHAMED!!!! Where has the support went for her. Why are you not outragedby how the OSAMA campaign treated her. But I guess that its ok now right. And why is it ok for the democrats to attack the republicans but as soon as the republicans fire back they are said to be the bad guys. GET OVER YOURSELVES!!! If anyone who comments on hear honestly thinks that obama "has their back" in Washington they are sadly mistaken. It sickens me to think that the majority of Americans are so stupid to think that any party has their best interest at heart. If everyone wants chnge then we need to fire all their butts and get a whole new crew in Washington. They get benefits most of us only dream of. They take 5 week long vacations, get catered to like they are something special, the list goes on and on. True change will never happen so long as you have people in office for 30 yrs or better. I say term limits of 4 yrs for everybody. After 4 yrs get out and give normal people a chance to "change" things. The media on both sides are so biased it isnt even funny. As far as the "hollywood crew" dont even get me started, If I wanted their opinion I would ask for it. I could care less about what Kanye or Diddy thinks about anything. They are paid to entertain and that is it, not to mouth off about politics. So the bottom line is life isnt fair, but you know what if everyone would just shut up do their jobs, whatever that may be, pay their bills and quit looking for a handout this country would be a whole heack of alot better. As for being a mother of 5 and a stayt at home mother, whos married to a man that provides for his family, dont you even try to tell me that you in Washington know what I go through, you have no idea and we do need a change we need a woman in office to kick these uptight boys butts. But you liberal women wont even give her a fighting chance. Here views on abortion are pro-lifa and as far as I can tell that is a choice just like the pro-choicers claim they want. Or is it that if someone doesnt agree with you on every issue, they must be wrong. All I have to say is that it is a shame that you people act the way you do. Read this and tell me what you think liberals.

You couldn't get a job at McDonalds and become district manager after 143 days of experience.

You couldn't become chief of surgery after 143 days of experience of being a surgeon.

You couldn't get a job as a teacher and be the superintendent after 143 days of experience.

You couldn't join the military and become a colonel after a 143 days of experience.

You couldn't get a job as a reporter and become the nightly news anchor after 143 days of experience.

BUT.... 'From the time Barack Obama was sworn in as a United States Senator, to the time he announced he was forming a Presidential exploratory committee, he logged 143 days of experience in the Senate. That's how many days the Senate was actually in session and working. After 143 days of work experience, Obama believed he was ready to be Commander In Chief, Leader of the Free World .... 143 days.

We all have to start somewhere. The senate is a good start, but after 143 days, that's all it is - a start.

AND, strangely, a large sector of the American public is okay with this and campaigning for him. We wouldn't accept this in our own line of work, yet some are okay with this for the President of the United States of America ? Come on folks, we are not voting for the next American Idol !
— pissedoffinflorida