And another policy that would make the world a safer place: if CEO’s went to prison for extended periods of time for corporate decisions that harmed others. For example, everyone in the chain of command at Boeing who thought that customers should pay for features essential to the safety of the plane should be locked up and personally required to pay significant fines for voluntary manslaughter. The CEO should not be permitted to claim they were unaware of decisions that were designed to increase profits at the expense of safety. Likewise, the corporate management at BP should have been imprisoned for the murder of 11 employees and the untold damage to the environment. The entire management of Purdue Pharma should be in prison.

We cannot continue to allow the rich and powerful to escape punishment — including prison time and high fines for the damage they have inflicted on this nation.