March 19, 2009

StreetTalk by Carol Rosen

Last week Bernie Madoff pleaded guilty to 11 counts of various illegal activities. What do you think his punishment should be? (Asked at the PW Market at Via Valiente Center)


“I think he should definitely spend the rest of his life in prison. He should have his freedom taken away because he has ruined the lives of a lot of people.”

Susan Scharlach
Almaden
Retired


“He should face life in prison and they should make him do blue collar work.“

Shar Quinn
Almaden
Marketing director


“He’s not the only one who should be punished, his wife should go to jail too. She knew what was going on, he didn’t do this all by himself.”

Carole Zimmerman
Almaden
Retired


“I think he should lose all his assets including what he put in his wife’s name because she had to know what was going on. The money should be given back [to the people he took it from] until he doesn’t have anything left.”

Trixie Mann
Almaden
Retired


“I think he should lose all his earthly possessions and go to jail for the rest of his life. All his possessions includes the money and other assets that are in his wife’s name because he transferred a huge amount of money to her account.”

Paul Estrada, 58
Almaden
Glass artist


“I think he should get the maximum penalty by law and have to give back everything that he owns in order to pay back the people he swindled.”

Jane Thompson
Almaden
Job hunter


“I think he should pay with a reasonable amount of time in jail and then I think he should pay back the people. He should also be put to work to help people in the community by doing various community service jobs.”

Nicole Nolte, 39
Almaden
Homemaker


“I don’t know. I don’t want to be vindictive, because I’m not in his shoes, but he shouldn’t be allowed to walk around scot-free. I also don’t think his wife should be allowed to live in the lap of luxury. She should give up the good life and give the money back.”

Molly
Almaden
Retired teacher