I can’t tell you the number of times I see or hear about homeless guys here in Florida going to prison for something like stealing a belt from Wal-Mart. It’s pretty common here in Florida. Much of it has to do with the three strikes and your out laws. But on the other hand, there are hundreds of corporate criminals who live here in Florida. They have massive houses on the beach in A1A. And I know damn well all of them build their fortune by being a real stand up guy. I saw this one case on CNN just now about how Pfizer pretty much got away clean after they knew their drug called Bextra had killed numerous people. Also, the top management devised a system where their pharmaceutical reps would bribe doctors to prescribe much higher dosages of the drug. This was known by the company to be very dangerous to the patients who took it and some died. But the company did it in the name of profit. They simply could make a lot more money by billing Medicare and Medicaid for 40 mg of the drug than they could for billing 20 mg of the drug. The company was only fined three months of profits. Absolutely nobody went to prison or even jail. As part of the legal agreement, the company got the luxury of being able to deny any wrongdoing in the case. How can our justice system be blind if poor men go to prison for small crimes and rich men get no punishment for killing people?
typo- three strkies and your’re out law (not your)
typo- *strikes
typo- on Highway A1A (not in A1A)
*yet another typo- I know all of them DIDN’T build their fortunes by being stand up guys

CNN ran a good story about Pfizer a few weeks ago. It was titled "Too Big To Nail". Pfizer was pushing a drug they knew was harmful (Bextra). And then to make even more money from this harmful drug, they pushed their pharmaceutical reps to bribe doctors to double the dosage of the harmful drug. They figured they could make twice as much money by billing Medicare and Medicaid for 40 mg of the drug instead of 20 mg of the drug. All in the name of profit. Patients died as a result. Pfizer was only fined three moths of profit. None of the Pfizer management went to prison for murder. No CEO’s were imprisoned. So I ask you, is it ethical for a business to push a product they know will be harmful so they can make a profit to satisfy the shareholders? Is it ethical for the upper management of a corporation to push a dangerous product so they can have bigger salaries and bonuses? How are these CEO’s different from drug dealers on the street who sell harmful drugs to their customers?

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/04/02/pfizer.bextra/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+(RSS%3A+Top+Stories)

I can’t tell you the number of times I see or hear about homeless guys here in Florida going to prison for something like stealing a belt from Wal-Mart. It’s pretty common here in Florida. Much of it has to do with the three strikes and you’re out laws. But on the other hand, there are hundreds of corporate criminals who live here in Florida. They have massive houses on the beach on Highway A1A. Especially in Palm Beach. And I know damn well all of them didn’t build their fortune by being a real stand up guy. Cases such as the Bernie Madoff ( a part-time Florida resident) case are the exception, not the rule. Most of the time, guys like Madoff are either never caught or they get off with a light sentence or no sentence at all. I saw this one case on CNN just now about how Pfizer pretty much got away clean after they knew their drug called Bextra had killed numerous people. Also, the top management devised a system where their pharmaceutical reps would bribe doctors to prescribe much higher dosages of the drug. This was known by the company to be very dangerous to the patients who took it and some died. But the company did it in the name of profit. They simply could make a lot more money by billing Medicare and Medicaid for 40 mg of the drug than they could for billing 20 mg of the drug. The company was only fined three months of profits. Absolutely nobody went to prison or even jail. As part of the legal agreement, the company got the luxury of being able to deny any wrongdoing in the case. The whole thing is just sickening. How can our justice system be blind if poor men go to prison for small crimes and rich men get no punishment for killing people?

Is it different than the Vioxx Lawyer Pool. And all the lawers for Bextra get 33% on the gross payout.