> It's Tough to Explain Stupid, But Here Goes
> by Molly Ivins
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> It is notoriously difficult to prove fraud and I, for
> one, am cynical enough to believe that there is a class
> of people in the country called "Too Rich to Go to Prison."

Overheard recently on the PRI "Marketplace" program:

"There are two types of justice in America -- justice for
the rich, and justice for the super-rich."

Obviously, nobody else in America can receive ANY justice.
Just as obviously, in order to receive beneficial justice,
one should be at least rich, at best super-rich. Richness
in America depends on not actually HAVING money, but just
on SEEMING to have money, such as possessing documents in
some vault that say they represent some value, like stock
certificates. Many of the Enron and WorldCom crooks were
so enriched -- they possessed documents of seemingly good
value, that were actually inherantly worthless. Yet these
guys were able to leverage those documents into tangible,
physical wealth: great houses, art, cars, planes, jewels,
etc. And these guys, except for a few fall-guys, aren't
likely to see the insides of prisons, except as visitors.

Therefore, to obtain beneficial justice, just take on the
trappings of actual wealth. Start an (offshore) business,
issue stock, flog (sell) the stock on exchanges worldwide,
buy real estate and artworks and vehicles, hire attorneys.
Escape the humdrum existence of mere petty citizens mired
in traffic courts, economy-class travel, tax audits, fast-
food nutrition, off-the-rack clothes, broadcast TV, etc...

Alternatively, you may start a small, legitimate weapons-
trading or -manufacturing firm, gain lucrative government
contracts, supply arms to insurgent and counter-insurgent
forces worldwide,then sell out to the Carlysle Group, and
retire as one of the actual super-rich. Supplying solid
material for killing vast numbers of irrelevant people is
much safer and more profitable than merely swindling some
American suckers; and having a security relationship with
current and former US officials, lets you buy even better
justice than you could as a super-rich finanical scammer.