Ken Lay did no more, in fact he did less, than our own government does on a daily basis. The only difference is the government and their media whores seem to be disinterested in their own accountability.
"The Enron case made headlines because fraud and deception of such magnitude is fairly unusual in the corporate world. Washington fraud and deception of a much greater magnitude doesn't make the headlines because fraud and deception in government is standard practice. That's what's so disgusting when politicians posture and demand that something be done to ensure honest corporate accounting practices."
You say, "Williams, what are you talking about -- Washington fraud?" Suppose a company had run up debt that it wanted to conceal from its stockholders, lenders and the Security Exchange Commission (SEC). The CEO comes up with the accounting gimmick of transferring money from its employees' retirement account to the company's budget account. That way, when auditors come around, the books are balanced showing no debt. While the company's books are balanced, the company's debt has not disappeared. It still has debt. It's just owed to a different group of people: its employees. If a CEO commits this kind of fraud and deception, he should be summarily jailed.
Washington politicians have for decades been doing precisely what Enron has been accused of doing -- concealing debt with accounting tricks. Congressmen tell us that our Social Security taxes go into a trust fund to pay for future retirement pensions. That is a boldface lie. The Social Security trust fund has no money in it. What Congress does with Social Security trust fund money is buy government bonds. The purchase of government bonds disguises the deficit by reducing the national debt."
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/williams041702.asp
Like the proverbial frog in a pot of water, on simmer, we don't seem to mind that we are being boiled to death...but, hey, at least we have Ken Lay to kick around...whose next?..I am sure the politicians and the media will find someone to replace Ken Lay, to distract from themselves.