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In effect, the federal indictment of Vick is resulting in him being fined around $75 million, which is far too much retribution. The legal hang-up is that since 1984, federal courts have been forbidden to consider monetary loss in private life as counting toward punishment.
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I don't know what he's really arguing here. Is he saying Vick and Vick alone is being punished too heavily for the crime? Because he loses $75m+ does that mean he's being punished more than someone in the same situation who is losing $60k? To me it's just a different factor with the same result: an individual is getting punished resulting in the lose of opportunity to earn $____ for ___ amount of time.
In fact I'd argue Vick who has made millions* over a number of years is in a better position than a guy in his same legal situation making $30k a year.
*I'm assuming he has managed his money correctly and hasn't just lost it all. I'm assuming in a couple of years when he's out of jail he'll still have millions invested.