ENRON BABY
ON this date in 2002 - The Arthur Andersen accounting firm was sentenced to five-years’ probation and fined $500,000 for obstructing a federal investigation of the energy company Enron.
Bun Man schooled us on this one.
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Listening intently as Mr. Purple and I always do, Bun said “This continued a trend where white folk paid fines and escaped prison when clearly there should have been jail time.”
Always inquisitive, Mr. P asked “How come?”
Said Bun, “Little buddy, you see, if you have money or people think you have the ability to get money, they will keep you in a position where you can continue to put more money into the spin machine…”
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Mr. P countered “And if you don’t have money or the ability to get more money?”
“They throw your ass in the slammer...guaranteeing you will never have money or the ability to get more money” replied Bun.
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