$50 billion missing. 150 years in jail… I think we now know what’s wrong with the US financial AND justice systems in the same headline.

150 years. What does that even mean? How old is he already? Any prison sentence beyond ‘life in prison’ is meaningless. Unless you’re going to miraculously prolong his life: ‘we will spare no expense to ensure that the man who ruined your pension and savings will live longer than any of you . BUT he will be in prison.’

Life sentence or death. Make up your mind. Why should we need to subject anyone to ‘consecutive life sentences?’ Unless you’re going to kill Bernie Madoff, then reanimate him, then kill him again, then bring him back as a zombie, then create an avatar of Madoff so that the avatar Madoff has to watch as we kill the zombie Madoff! And then we kill his family! … actually this idea has merit.

I just want the money back! It’s not like we don’t know where it is. Get his wife up on the stand. Get his kids, I don’t care. Whatever money is left, try to rebuild the lives that you ruined.  In fact…

What good is Madoff in jail? Make him go back to work! Make him earn another $50 billion and pay it back! Make him single-handedly kick-start the economy. Imagine the effect that would have on the banks and lenders… if we could read the headline: Madoff repays $50 billion. NOW he can go to jail.

Or just sentence him to consecutive 150-year sentences or some bullshit, watch him go to some minimum-security lock-up and walk in 5 years.

Booooooooooooooooooo.