Of course I just picked Martha Stewart as an example
because that was recent and ongoing. I could give a
thousand more examples to bolster my case, but will
spare you good folks that agony

As far as many good people being hurt by TYCO, ENRON, Worldcom and their ilk, absolutely true, and they have my sincere sympathy. However, in the vein of "watching out for NO. One" (that would be me)
it all amounted to a tempest in a teapot. Corporate
shenanigans have always and will always be with us,
human nature being what it is. Just deal with it and
don't whine. It is a hazard of life. OTOH, the government has a much wider reach and can easily
create a tsunami of social and financial destruction.
With good planning and a little luck I might avoid those
naughty corporations and their wicked executives.
I can't avoid the government. It's right there, every day.

JG