Just a few weeks ago Ken Lay was facing life in Prison and a hefty fine. He is now singing in Heaven's choir. I can't help but think it is funny how everyone was happy he was found guilty and now his criminal record will be cleared. Everyone one wiing about loss of their pensions, and well, wah wah, I don't have a pention either, so why are they special?
Prison is meant for street thugs and murders, not upper class businessmen!
2006-07-06 09:54:50 · 9 answers · asked by reallyfedup 5 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
For the person who asked about priest who molest children, yes they should go to jail as they aren't businessmen and usually not living a upper class life because they have self denial and have to live lives serving others
2006-07-06 10:04:09 · update #1
everyone can be forgiven
2006-07-06 12:26:01 · answer #1 · answered by Elizabeth 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It's too bad he died before he could be punished, but I'd rather face a few years in jail than die.
You seem to think that the fact that you don't have anything to steal means that it's ok for others to steal from those who do have things to lose. The fact that you don't have a pension is a shame, it doesn't give Lay the right to steal others' pensions. Which he did.
Lay basically was paid in Enron stock, so he used one dirty trick after another to drive the price of Enron stock up so that he could sell the huge amounts of Enron that he owned. He even used the pension moneys to buy Enron stock in order to drive the price up instead of more safe investments. But the stock simply wasn't worth the inflated prices and Enron wasn't really making profits, so the stock crashed and the pensions were worthless, but Lay had sold out so he stayed rich. In the end, a lot of working people like you were the biggest losers.
Why do you think that's fair?
2006-07-07 06:38:26 · answer #2 · answered by AnOrdinaryGuy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Youre a twit. The guy was caught lying to investors and employees. Those people earned those pensions after YEARS of working for the corporation. Ken Lay had a hand in STEALING THAT away from those people. He doesnt belong in jail??? I supposed your priests dont belong in jail for sexually abusing children either, right?
And FYI - he is not in Heaven's choir. Ken Lay didnt die. Ken Lay fakes his death so that he could avoid jail time and spend the rest of his life enjoying the billions of dollars he stole while living in Argentina. When he finally dies, he will not be going to Heaven either - because it doesnt exist.
2006-07-06 17:01:44 · answer #3 · answered by YDoncha_Blowme 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He stole... Plain & simple... He is just as low class as a street thug who breaks into someone's house and steals everything from them. In fact he's worse. These people took all their savings , all their retirements, their children's future education, everything & invested it into their employers company on Ken Lay's word. He knew the whole time he was stealing their money, that the figures that he was telling them were false. He knew everything. That's why he's worse. All those people who saved so hard to have a retirement fund for themselves have nothing now. It's too bad he didn't live long enough to be someone's b***h in prison !!!!
2006-07-06 17:02:52 · answer #4 · answered by pritigrl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For himself he's 1 step ahead of the rest...and now his creator will or has judged him.
Actually a man like this is worse that a common Street thug or murder as most of them have no money yet this "Upper Class Businessman" had Millions to defend himself...
2006-07-06 17:01:33 · answer #5 · answered by Scott 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The court does have the choice to proceed if it chooses to. His estate should be held accountable even if he isn't around to pay the piper in person.
People earned and contributed to their pensions that were pillaged by Kenneth Lay and his henchmen. Those people made a whole lot less and the loss was far greater to them than they deserved.
2006-07-07 08:50:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you considered that maybe he is not actually dead? Maybe he spent some of his stolen millions to bribe certain individuals to fake his death? He's probably living a happy life somewhere in Bermuda right now.
2006-07-06 17:11:15 · answer #7 · answered by aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrgh 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't think death is the last laugh- I'm sure he was banking on living a lot longer- he was only 62
2006-07-06 17:00:33 · answer #8 · answered by jilli 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't consider death like a last laugh...
2006-07-06 16:58:17 · answer #9 · answered by isis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋