Madoff kin

Come now. Was it really that bad being a Madoff?

Bernie Madoff's wife and surviving son were interviewed on 60 Minutes. Poor woman was only allowed to keep two and a half million dollars. The son said that he reported his father as soon as he admitted what he'd been doing----but the truth is that they reported him after they talked to their lawyers and their lawyers told them to report him quick, before he turned himself in.

Well, by doing the crap he did, all Madoff did was rob his investors. His activities didn't ravage the economy like some of these other Wall Street guys'. Businesses aren't shutting down, people aren't losing their homes. Most of Madoff's victims have pulled through okay. One of the victims did kill himself, which makes Mrs Madoff's sob story rather disgusting---she and her husband took a couple of extra Ambien before bed in what she claimed was a suicide attempt. Madoff couldn't have killed himself if he wanted? His son pulled it off.

But, really now. Is it really that terrible? They freely agreed to go on 60 Minutes. The shame's obviously not that great. They lived for years as billionaires, and they still have millions of dollars. Does the slight embarrassment of having their father behind bars really outweigh the benefits they've enjoyed?

Madoff knew full well he would be caught sooner or later. He got to be fabulously wealthy, and the only price he pays is spending his old age hanging around the geriatric wing of the prison.