White collar criminals have long asked for probation with community service instead of prison time, arguing that they already havesufferedenough and community organizations would benefit from their expertise.
Tracy Morgan should be brave and genuine enough to meet with the real people who havesuffered tremendous grief from taunts and violence like those he made light of.
The good news is that big banks probably now haveenough capital to absorb the aggregate loss rate suffered by the system from 2007 to 2009 (although their build-up of liquidity reserves has been patchier).