It is very interesting that the only thing propping up the Petrodollar is, all the other currencies are worse. I would be rooting for the BRICS currency, if it wasn't already following the old path of being a piece of shit currency before it even starts.
It may be interesting that in the future (i think it is near) that we have politicians sign a contract that they will be working for us, for Americans. And if they are not, bad things happen to them. I know it is coming, but i really cannot even ponder how it will be written or enforced.
Probably something like, if you are found embezzling (or similar) you stay in jail, with no ability to connect with your money, until all the money is returned. But, that is already bordering on cruel and unusual punishment.
What Trump is? Will we even know after these 4 years are over?
I am not worried about being cruel to the guilty, when the guilty have been cruel to the innocent, which is what they're guilty of. Holding the guilty to account is not cruel, and if it is unusual, that can be rectified by making it what usually happens. Neither is simply getting embezzled funds back enough. 10x damages seems appropriate to me. While I like your idea of indefinite sentences depending on the receipt of fines, that is just ransoming, and is an age old practice. Sometimes tradition exists for reason.