A billionaire here and a billionaire there and, before you know it, it adds up to real bourgeoisie!

Nadie_AZ: Ok. So Billionaire and company contract with the Government to build a bridge as part of a larger project. Billionaire and company don't build the bridge- instead they build a small single lane road that runs right by their Duty-Free store.

After years of stalling, the Government decides to sue them for services NOT rendered.

Billionaire resigns from company to avoid being held accountable. Judge says 'no way': The company, Edwards said, has had almost two years to comply with his February 2010 order to rebuild but "has simply chosen to ignore its obligation... and ignore the court order."

So this isn't a case of hating on Billionaires. This is a case of Billionaires taking advantage of the system for their own gain.

Edwards said he would keep the men in jail until either they complied with his order or were no longer in a position to comply. But there remained a question of how much new construction activity must take place to satisfy the judge.

Good. Let them rot until they fulfill their end of the contract.

This, exactly. These assholes violated the contract and, after being confronted with the fact that they didn't keep their terms, tried every trick in the book to avoid prosecution, avoid accountability, and all the while profited from their little fiefdom.

Let them rot until their company fulfills their end of the contract.

GET A B... oh never mind.

/shakes futile fists at Quasar

NewportBarGuy: You can usually get away with fudging numbers on contracts and billing for stuff you didn't do. However, when you make it this obvious, the government is going to crush you no matter how much money you have. They have wayyyyyyyyyy more lawyers than you can buy.

"Obvious", hell. The company signed a contract, and then stuck in their own friggin' tollbooth and duty-free shop! I mean, I know there are a lot of crooks and liars in Detroit, but, damn, dude, that's just highway robbery!

/couldn't resist

Naughty Fark, almost got me to click on Freep.com.

Incontinent_dog_and_monkey_rodeo: Naughty Fark, almost got me to click on Freep.com.

*snerk*

The fact that a black guard is leading them makes it priceless.

Good, fark Matty Moroun.

/Detroiter

Incontinent_dog_and_monkey_rodeo: Naughty Fark, almost got me to click on Freep.com.

You moran, freep.com is the Detroit Free Press newspaper. freerepublic.com is the home turf of Freepers.

Incontinent_dog_and_monkey_rodeo: Naughty Fark, almost got me to click on Freep.com.

It's the Detroit Free Press and they are a very legitimate newspaper. It is not Free Republic.

Iceman_Cometh: Incontinent_dog_and_monkey_rodeo: Naughty Fark, almost got me to click on Freep.com.

You moran moroun, freep.com is the Detroit Free Press newspaper. freerepublic.com is the home turf of Freepers.

FTFY

FormlessOne: Nadie_AZ: Ok. So Billionaire and company contract with the Government to build a bridge as part of a larger project. Billionaire and company don't build the bridge- instead they build a small single lane road that runs right by their Duty-Free store.

After years of stalling, the Government decides to sue them for services NOT rendered.

Billionaire resigns from company to avoid being held accountable. Judge says 'no way': The company, Edwards said, has had almost two years to comply with his February 2010 order to rebuild but "has simply chosen to ignore its obligation... and ignore the court order."

So this isn't a case of hating on Billionaires. This is a case of Billionaires taking advantage of the system for their own gain.

Edwards said he would keep the men in jail until either they complied with his order or were no longer in a position to comply. But there remained a question of how much new construction activity must take place to satisfy the judge.

Good. Let them rot until they fulfill their end of the contract.

This, exactly. These assholes violated the contract and, after being confronted with the fact that they didn't keep their terms, tried every trick in the book to avoid prosecution, avoid accountability, and all the while profited from their little fiefdom.

Let them rot until their company fulfills their end of the contract.

Hello GOP/Tea Partiers is this going the be the future of a limited government? Outsourced to the lowest bidder who may or may not follow through on the job?

Judge need a hero tag. I think things would work out a lot better for everyone if corporate officers ran the risk of going to jail when their company screws up. At least I'd hope that might make better 'citizens' of the corporations.

Quasar: Get a brain, Morouns!

I submitted a link that didn't go green about this guy. He also owns an iconic piece of Detroit history. The old Amtrak Michigan Central Station (new window)

There was a big debate over what will become of the building. How it would be restored. So I thought I was clever with my headline. "Get a train, Moroun."

I wished that went green.

Above, deputies take Manuel (Matty) Moroun into custody. Below, he reacts to the judge's ruling. / ANDRE J. JACKSON/Detroit Free Press Detroit

Caption contest fodder.

wxboy: [i41.tinypic.com image 300x355]
Above, deputies take Manuel (Matty) Moroun into custody. Below, he reacts to the judge's ruling. / ANDRE J. JACKSON/Detroit Free Press Detroit

Caption contest fodder.

"what happens if I drop the soap?"

wxboy: [i41.tinypic.com image 300x355]
Above, deputies take Manuel (Matty) Moroun into custody. Below, he reacts to the judge's ruling. / ANDRE J. JACKSON/Detroit Free Press Detroit

Caption contest fodder.

Penis goes where?!

Here's hoping this leads to the second bridge being finally built and Morouns sweet little monopoly dying at last.

Can we get this judge hear some of the recent banking fraud cases now?

What a Maroon

So this isn't a case of hating on Billionaires. This is a case of Billionaires taking advantage of the system for their own gain.

Old news. See the Transcontinental Railroad and Leland Stanford and Crédit Mobilier. Mitt Romney says it was just "envy" -- not massive corruption.

At least he wasn't held in contempt of cat

Get this judge on the Supreme Court.

HellRaisingHoosier: Get this judge on the Supreme Court.

This.

FormlessOne: Nadie_AZ: Ok. So Billionaire and company contract with the Government to build a bridge as part of a larger project. Billionaire and company don't build the bridge- instead they build a small single lane road that runs right by their Duty-Free store.

After years of stalling, the Government decides to sue them for services NOT rendered.

Billionaire resigns from company to avoid being held accountable. Judge says 'no way': The company, Edwards said, has had almost two years to comply with his February 2010 order to rebuild but "has simply chosen to ignore its obligation... and ignore the court order."

So this isn't a case of hating on Billionaires. This is a case of Billionaires taking advantage of the system for their own gain.

Edwards said he would keep the men in jail until either they complied with his order or were no longer in a position to comply. But there remained a question of how much new construction activity must take place to satisfy the judge.

Good. Let them rot until they fulfill their end of the contract.

This, exactly. These assholes violated the contract and, after being confronted with the fact that they didn't keep their terms, tried every trick in the book to avoid prosecution, avoid accountability, and all the while profited from their little fiefdom.

Let them rot until their company fulfills their end of the contract.

You need to read the history of that bridge and the bullshiat the owner of the bridge has put everyone through, this douchebag should have to stay in jail until the project is finished.

meyerkev: /Of course, you MIGHT be getting 1 car across per agent per minute, so I don't see how extra lanes would help beyond providing even more room for backups to spill into.

The point was to get them off of the streets, which the cities play would have done, he basically said fark you and used some of the money to build his own cash registers in the stores and fuel points.

namatad:

/my advice to detroit, break the company up and sell off all the parts. spend the money on infrastructure in the city hookers and blow and just ignore the courts until they get to scouts. TADA WIN!!!

Let's get realistic about the Detroit politicians....

"Now that they have resigned they have no power to do anything" associated with the bridge or the unfinished ramp work, defense lawyer Craig John argued.

Yeah, NOW. But what have they done since 2004? And you wanna explain to me why they quit to begin with? Oh yeah. Go f*ck yourself.

2wolves: NewportBarGuy: Exactly. Let's just ask the Native Americans about our treaties. heh...

Ask me. I'm Fark's resident expert.

Add another wolf and a moon and you can be an expert in anything you want.

After the Northridge earthquake the Route 10 bridge was rebuilt in 66 days.

Just let these farkers know that they get out of jail the day the first truck drives across the bridge and I bet they'll get it done even quicker than that.

Normally, you can't go to jail for violating a contract. Contract law is civil law, not criminal. He probably figured there was no way the government would actually consider this some sort of criminal action rather than violating the terms of a normal contract.

Which is part of the issue. You can break contracts all day long and the result may be a decade-long wait for a civil trial before a federal judge, considering the 11% vacancy rate in the federal judiciary. It can literally only be enforced through a contempt of court finding, and just like in this case that can take a couple years to take effect. There's a huge difference between debtors' prison for individuals without resources to make good on a contractual debt and willful avoidance of contractual duties for the sake of greater profits. We really need to reform contract law to separate those ideas and bring more effective weapons against those companies and organizations who egregiously prey upon society.

I wish I was a billionaire.

/wish I were?

BolloxReader: Normally, you can't go to jail for violating a contract. Contract law is civil law, not criminal. He probably figured there was no way the government would actually consider this some sort of criminal action rather than violating the terms of a normal contract.

Which is part of the issue. You can break contracts all day long and the result may be a decade-long wait for a civil trial before a federal judge, considering the 11% vacancy rate in the federal judiciary. It can literally only be enforced through a contempt of court finding, and just like in this case that can take a couple years to take effect. There's a huge difference between debtors' prison for individuals without resources to make good on a contractual debt and willful avoidance of contractual duties for the sake of greater profits. We really need to reform contract law to separate those ideas and bring more effective weapons against those companies and organizations who egregiously prey upon society.

Willfully violating a contract for the sake of greater profits could be considered fraud, no? To be on the safe side, hold him in contempt until he's convicted of fraud...