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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAccording to Trump, Bernie Madoff should not be in prison, he was just being "optimistic"
He didn't want the people he was ripping off to panic.
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According to Trump, Bernie Madoff should not be in prison, he was just being "optimistic" (Original Post)
Snake Plissken
Sep 2020
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Chainfire
(17,715 posts)1. Just good business, right Donnie?
Cons of a feather stick together.
global1
(25,293 posts)2. What Happened To Madoff And How He Was Prosecuted And Now In Jail - Is.....
what I'd like to see happen to Trump. Actually - Trump - in my opinion - has committed even more crimes than Madoff.
Claustrum
(4,846 posts)3. The difference is, ripping little people (average Americans) is all fine.
Ripping off rich people is what got Madoff in trouble.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)6. Yeah Madoff didn't kill 200,000 people
or lock kids in cages
or ignore raging fires in the West
TexasTowelie
(112,615 posts)4. That explains why Trump wasn't selected from the jury pool.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)5. Trump probably thinks Madoff is a genius.
spanone
(135,919 posts)7. I sse a pardon and medal of freedom in bernie's future
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)8. That is the problem with big guvmint...
it prevents business from making cash off of people selling them "optimism"...(rolls eyes)
Risk aversion is a filthy socialist plot...