Why do I feel like they made the right decision? That family needs to be in prison and ALL their billions seized as criminal proceeds. Enough of these bullshit wealth retention escape valves
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Isn't it weird to see a good headline come out of the Supreme Court and instead of thinking, "oh, that's nice," you think, "wait a minute, how is this bad?"
They've had a couple bangers lately, but the expectations are sooo low
They did, however, a new case won’t be brought and heard before the next presidency. Project 2025’s Schedule F hires won’t be prosecuting businesses doing business. Yet another reason to vote in November.
Again $6 billion is nothing, thats $120 million per 1/50 states, how much is even gonna go to each survivor or does the government annex it all basically, add it to the pork barrel to be distributed amongst their "tru$ted" partners/affiliates?
Oh, I completely agree that they made the right decision. My point is that the ruling is a double-edged sword if Trump wins in the fall.
In its current form its already nothing, its sets the price tag at $6 billion to addict the nation and start nouveau Opium wars and still get to keep a commi$h and get out of jail free for their service
We’ve already spent $52B in settlement funds on local police departments and cash payouts. Without a federal mandate for investment in rehabilitation programs, it’ll just end up spent the same anyway.
The dissent basically says that a deal was reached to get money from this company and all 50 state’s attorney generals supported this. This decision results in that money possibly being lost and opioid victims never getting paid.
I don’t know enough about it though. Seems like the money part of the bankruptcy should not shield the criminals from going to jail. But it sounds like it might be.
Which is exactly why its not tenable. Why are they negotiating with terrorists? $6 billion is nothing, shave it off the defense budget.
Its way more important that these people are put away and serve as an example, like they do in China. Any small-time drug dealer seling Oxy would have been practically crucified even in the US compared to the Sacklers who were driving the entire addiction campaigns and mess, also the consulting firms. Why is civil forefeiture only a fear for the poors/rest of us. Forfeit now, they can litigate it out later from prison
There's endless fuckery happening and not so much findoutery. That desperately needs to change. I love that scene in Billions when the fraudster investor guy is begging his DA buddy to let him go, and he's like "I'm sorry, I can't. But I know you're gonna go away for a while and come out a new and better man ☺️". These people need way tougher love than that but you get the idea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sackler_family
Not a single one went to prison for this...
How many young men got locked for smocking/selling weed?
Make no mistake that these things, don't just happen!
Justice Neil Gorsuch, writing for the majority, said “nothing in present law authorizes the Sackler discharge.”
If you have sackler discharge, that should really be between you and your doctor.
There's a pill for that.