Reply #40: They'll get the wrong employers [View All]

[Jed Dilligan]

I really like what Stabenow is saying, especially about the corporate death penalty. I've wanted one for years, as well as an actual death penalty for the worst corporate criminals. It would be the only form of execution capable of deterring future criminals. Also, I would like to see certain individuals dancing at the end of a rope.

However, a war on "illegal employers" by our utterly corrupt government will only target small-time operations, like the Tongan guy with three Mexican employees who walk around my neighborhood with saws grooming palm trees. Or the Pakistani guy who owns the liquor store and has a couple of nephews who came on tourist visas helping him out. Con Agra, McDonalds, the biggest offenders will walk. We would like to believe our government will prosecute abusive large businesses, but it won't. A War on Illegal Employers would just be a slightly smaller roundup than a War on Illegal Immigrants.