[badpun]

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).

[sumedh]

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

Are you saying that is not happening now?

[gruez]

You want to make it worse?

[sumedh]

It is already worse.

[mattkevan]

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

[badpun]

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.