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Jailing people just for having a stake in a company that did something illegal could kill the economy. People would be affraid to invest in companies, and move money to simple things like real estate (or to foreign investments).



> to simple things like real estate (or to foreign investments)

Are you saying that is not happening now?


You want to make it worse?


It is already worse.


If the companies they’re investing in aren’t doing anything dodgy they’ve got nothing to worry about.


How would they know that though? It's a huge personal risk that can be alleviated simply by investing in anything else in the world besides US companies.




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