| richardhutnik said: Studies show CEOs are subject to different rules than the little guy: http://my.firedoglake.com/masaccio/2012/08/10/studies-show-ceos-not-subject-to-same-rule-of-law-as-you/ |
That's not what those studies say at all. That's not even what the recap of the article says!
Those studies say that CEOs who's companys give to poltiical campaigns and lobby are treated differently then CEO's who's cimpanys. don't.
Which in of itself is a fairly misleading indicator, since CEOs of companies who give to political campaigns are CEOS just happen to be the CEOs of bigger companies.
Bigger companies are harder to find evidence of criminal intenet in most cases... and most cases do require criminal intent, unlike the Corzine case.
Additionally, bigger companies are a bigger part of the economy, even if the government wasn't prosecuting these people, it's likely to be that they aren't because they are afraid such prosecutions would hurt the economy with a dragged out trial.
