Comments on: Madoff Slammed With 150-Year Sentence

Convicted Scam Artist Gets Maximum Sentence; Says He'll Live With "Torment For The Rest Of My Life"

[SusanStoHelit]

And in 8 years, when Obama leaves office, and you are proven wrong - you'll just keep spouting the same BS, no matter how many times it's proven untrue.

[SusanStoHelit]

He didn't. He took money from anyone. His friends, a guy trying to get enough money for an operation, anyone.

Many of the rich earn their money just like you do yours - they just had a rare skill or talent that makes their work worth more - and they spent their lives developing that skill or talent.

[spiritwalk]

by SusanStoHelit June 29, 2009 12:18 PM PDT
Those who made money are being asked to return it - and not even "asked" - they'll be made to return it.

Do you mean like the AIG execs who were supposed to return their bonuses? The Madoff people might as well return theirs to the same PO Box as the AIG execs, I guarantee you that there is nothing in there but a lot of gathering dust.

[SusanStoHelit]

30 days for DUI, where he hit a pedestrian crossing illegally at night - an accident that likely would have happened were he sober - the pedestrian was substantially at fault. He stopped, cooperated, and this is what the family of the deceased wanted.

And you can compare that to stealing the retirements, medical funds, life savings of thousands of people? Madoff killed people.

[SusanStoHelit]

He killed people. Some suicides, one guy at an absolute minimum who can no longer afford a surgery he needs, so many ways taking money causes people to be hurt and die.

[pw08-2009]

Don't be fooled anyone...he'll get out in less than 10 years probably. After all, he has a bargaining chip...that is to tell prosecutors where all of the money is stashed because they sure haven' t found it all yet...and why do you suppose that is...

[SusanStoHelit]

Nope. He's locked up for life. No appeal when you plead guilty, sentence reduction for 'good behavior' isn't going to come close - he's gone. Nice try though.

[hamiltongrad]

Be careful of all investments:

If we are so concerned about the losses of innocent people here, and we should be, I am equally concerned about all those people who invested in GM high valued and "safe" bonds, and were told by our gov't to forget the law and their savings.

[caligula1--2008]

There is no such thing as a "safe" investment unless you can protect it yourself. When nations fall, fortunes are won or lost. When large corporate scams fail, the same happens. Suggestion, don't take the "full faith and credit of the United States Government" for a guarantee, it isn't, it just omits the fact that there might not BE a "United States Government" 20 years down the road. That's the risk that ALL those T-Bill holders out there run. We might just call a new Constitutional Convention and abrogate all the actions of the previous government.

[SusanStoHelit]

Those who made money are being asked to return it - and not even "asked" - they'll be made to return it.

[Questionews]

One hundred fifty years??
Why didn't they just sentence him to "Infinity" years in prison.
I think that would have made a much better headline!!