Bernie Ebbers gets 25 years in federal prison

[HurryKane]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050713/ap_ ... sDr2t34T0D

Yeah boy.

[Persepone]

Well, I think he should die in jail. I think he should have been punished more severely. I think that all his assets and all the assets of his family should be SOLD at auction and the proceeds distributed to his displaced workers. I think that his family--including children and granchildren should have to live on near-welfare incomes/allowances--no nice cars, no paid college tuition, etc. They need to wear Wal-Mart clothing, to to community college and hold full-time jobs while attending school, etc. like his victims! No nice houses, etc. That's what he did to OUR families... He has ruined the lives of thousandsand thousands of telecom workers and, via the domino effect, many others as well.

His fraud hit our lives badly--at a point where we could least afford to lose our jobs, we did--both of us. We are now struggling along with McJobs instead of our 30 year telecom careers... our retirement savings are gone, our 401Ks are gone, we can't get sick and we will never retire and/or will end up living in cardboard boxes on heating grates from the local subway...

Our children suffered as well, our grandchildren suffered indirectly and instead of being able to do for them, we'll be lucky to be able to shield the kids/grandkids from paying our funeral expenses...

There are thousands and thousands of us out here across America.