And the books were cooked to the tune of 3.8 billion bucks!!! Not to mention that Arthur Andersen did their share of accounting for them (and Enron, too
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If you want to do something:
Contact your local congresspeople (senators and house of representatives) via letter or email and let them know that you don't appreciate this and ask what they plan to do to avoid the loss of jobs and pensions in the future. My congresspeople heard plenty from me during Enron, and guess who will be getting emails from me after this episode???
During Midterm Elections, follow the money, and avoid voting for candidates who take/took large chunks of cash from companies like and including Enron and Worldcom.
Our members of congress work for us, the people of the United States of America (at least in theory, anyways), so get your money's worth.
TRSimon