That anyone should think that a businessperson’s duty is to chase profits indicates the problem. Corporations– however the idea of them began– have become the antithesis of justice, and the banking system the antithesis of thrift, or fiduciary responsibility.

A businessperson’s duty should be to provide quality goods and services to customers, of such worth that the customers get more than they pay for in value. Thus the businessperson will make a good living. Bundling nearly worthless investments and selling them as AAA rated ones is nothing but fraud, whatever the arcane rules of the letter of the law called it.

The fact that you are arguing the following points simultaneously says all anyone needs to know about your point of view. Right Wing much?

a. The govt caused it by “manipulating incentives”
b. The looming real estate crisis was “no f*cking suprise”
c. The Federal Reserve Act started all this 100 years ago.
d. Fuld, having only been the CEO since 1993 just “happened to be at the helm” when the bank crashed , and is blameless.

Edward, I’d frankly be amazed if you could count your testicles and get the same answer twice.

Realistically, there is nothing you can do to prosecute this man unless he’s been proven to be commiting fraud or theft, which to my knowledge he hasn’t. Ideally, someone would bring a class action law suit for the trillions and trillions of dollars worth of damage caused over the last century by the unconstitutional Federal Reserve Act. That’s your problem, not some random ass guy who happened to be at the helm of some random ass investment bank when the shit hit the fan. Wake up.

I’m out.

The unbelievable hubris of that jackass to exercise in the Lehman Brothers gym after he destroyed the company is the stuff of legends.

An ass kicking was the only appropriate course of action at that point.

Thanks for the non-answer, coupled with repeated patronizing of my position. You have now fully clarified your position by reasserting that violence is disgusting and criminal. That’s excellent, Ms. Palin, however you did not answer the question I asked.

I ask again that you provide a non-violent solution to justice in this case. Regardless of the cause, Mr. Fuld quite happily did his part in this and it was a large part because his was a major firm.

Whats your idea of non-disgusting, legal justice for this greediot and the other CEOs just like him?

Greediot:

A CEO operating within a flawed framework and *forced* to act rashly with huge sums of money due to the govt. apparently, holding a gun to his head, forcing him to sign risky deal after risky deal, since he obviously would never act that recklessly with other people’s money for huge cash bonuses had he been free to act responsibly and collect modest sums.

Even if this CEO was directly responsible in some way, rather than just behaving as business people should (chasing profit) within a flawed framework set up by the government, I still think advocating violence against him is disgusting and criminal.

For curiosity’s sake, how would a pacifist like yourself accomplish justice in this context?

Specifically, when there is zero legal recourse, thanks to corrupt legislature.

Please stick to realistic options. “Bringing the senate to court” would obviously not happen, so lets hear your realistic, non-violent solution.