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santamargarita

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46. The fucked up mind of a brainwashed teabagger.

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Thu Dec 13, 2012, 02:53 PM

Dec 2012

I bet they make their oligarch masters proud.

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Shouldn't someone go to prison for this? [View all] jorno67 Dec 2012 OP

You would think so, but is what they did actually illegal under current law ? n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2012 #1

Nope. 30 years of ruling class legislation has rendered ERISA completely impotent. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #32

Happens all the time. My father-in-law worked for Nortel for 30 years. Pension cut in HALF. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #39

they should but - it's legal Skittles Dec 2012 #2

IMHO, that in itself is a crime We People Dec 2012 #20

It only goes one way in a plutocracy. Rex Dec 2012 #3

If he personally was reimbursed with pension funds ... IggleDoer Dec 2012 #4

Essentially, the law sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #14

people should know that. it makes it more obvious that putting money into private pensions is a HiPointDem Dec 2012 #35

Close, it technically has to be used for 'operational expenses'. Sirveri Dec 2012 #37

There are two sets of laws, one for us and one for them. Cleita Dec 2012 #5

But, but, they're the JOB CREATORS! RoccoR5955 Dec 2012 #6

As long as he didn't do it while smoking pot. progressoid Dec 2012 #7

LOL! TexasTowelie Dec 2012 #17

Big Money Rules colsohlibgal Dec 2012 #8

That's what struck me when I watched "Inside Job." Brigid Dec 2012 #27

Which law did they break? lightcameron Dec 2012 #9

I don't know, but that money belonged to the workers julian09 Dec 2012 #28

None Incitatus Dec 2012 #38

Claw the pension money back from the execs, they STOLE the pension money Dont call me Shirley Dec 2012 #10

This is America.... Swede Atlanta Dec 2012 #11

There for a minute I thought this thread was onethatcares Dec 2012 #12

The 1%ers helped themselves to it because they could. lpbk2713 Dec 2012 #13

It's called trickle up pensionomics!! eom Purrfessor Dec 2012 #15

The teabags at my job said.. humbled_opinion Dec 2012 #16

My sympathies. TexasTowelie Dec 2012 #18

They won't understand until it happens to them GiaGiovanni Dec 2012 #23

you know, i have always felt that solidarity, even with clueless scumbags, is important. but HiPointDem Dec 2012 #36

The fucked up mind of a brainwashed teabagger. santamargarita Dec 2012 #46

SHOULD somebody go to jail? UndahCovah Dec 2012 #19

Somebodies might just go to jail LiberalLovinLug Dec 2012 #52

Even if it was completely illegal, the current justice department russspeakeasy Dec 2012 #21

couldn't we pressure them somehow? jorno67 Dec 2012 #31

They don't seem to pay much attention. russspeakeasy Dec 2012 #34

Plain and simple donnasgirl Dec 2012 #22

What? 99Forever Dec 2012 #24

You win. Brigid Dec 2012 #30

Are the rich having a contest for who can fuck the country up most? Politicub Dec 2012 #25

Sure they should! Rider3 Dec 2012 #26

At best it deserves a new verb ... to romney ... to screw the worker and abscond with the loot. libdem4life Dec 2012 #29

I like the way you think... jorno67 Dec 2012 #33

Yeah, I agree. Just fun to think about it. libdem4life Dec 2012 #59

K&R woo me with science Dec 2012 #40

Yes, he should go to prison for this. Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #41

Yet Congress FORCED the Post Office to OVERFUND their pension Tsiyu Dec 2012 #42

Can the workers sue in small claims court for restitution? dickthegrouch Dec 2012 #43

In A Just World... Yes !!! WillyT Dec 2012 #44

The prisons should be stuffed full of these... santamargarita Dec 2012 #45

For These CEOs, The World Is Their Open Air Prison triplepoint Dec 2012 #47

These CEOs are the terrorists, the madmen... Taverner Dec 2012 #48

They'll be tended to post-revolution. eom tledford Dec 2012 #49

Too Big To Jail. It rhymes with Too Big To Fail. blkmusclmachine Dec 2012 #50

Counterintuitively, debt is an asset Recursion Dec 2012 #51

Well, the short answer is "yes". Someone should. mlevans Dec 2012 #53

Absolutely jail Union Scribe Dec 2012 #54

Steal the workers pensions, and then blame workers for destroying the company because they are Union midnight Dec 2012 #55

And then they wonder why people want to unionize. livingonearth Dec 2012 #57

livingonearth welcome to D.U. I think these CEO know what they are doing, but think we don't... midnight Dec 2012 #58

These same assholes are the kind who are against Social Security, livingonearth Dec 2012 #56