Apparent Suicide At Freddie Mac

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  andrewmoquin

  04/23/09 | Report as spam

  RE: Apparent Suicide At Freddie Mac

  " ... People have also committed suicide as a form of protest, or to make a political statement. ..."
  
  Or to save their families from financial ruin if they think that they are about to be indicted for some alleged crime where the cost of a legal defense would drive them into bankruptcy.
  
  I'm certainly not saying that is the case here,since I know absolutely nothing about this guy. But it HAS happened before; there was a spectacular case in Pennsylvania about 10 or 20 years ago where some politician (I think, but I've forgotten the details) committed suicide on the six-o'clock news after he had been convicted of something-or-other, but before he had been formally sentenced. By doing that, his family was able to keep his (very large!) government pension that would otherwise have been forfeited.
  
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