Bernie Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison for his historic swindling, costing his victims $13 billion by conservative estimates.
Being the somewhat off-center individual that I am, I disappointed in this outcome. Truly, I feel sorry for Madoff's victims, and hope they can get their lives back together. But the fact that Madoff got caught sorta bugs me. If you're going to be that kind of criminal, shouldn't you have a better escape plan in place? Madoff ought to be soaking up the sun on an island off the coast of a country with very difficult extradition laws, throwing his ill-gotten gains around like a pirate in port. Has America gone that soft that we can't even count on an effective and cagey criminal class? No wonder why some no-account hack bamboozled his way into the White House. The bar has been lowered so far that any dolt that can lift his feet off the ground can get over it. Sad days.
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