I believe this is what led to the meeting when Michael feared for his life....Money equals power in the life AND his father was Underboss.....I seriously don't doubt that Carmine scared the sh*t out of Sonny before speaking to Michael.... It basically sounded like the same dilemma that Scarfo had to confront....Chuckie, Lawrence and Joey could have made a move if they wanted to...I don't believe they were out earning Scarfo like Franzese but members that climb the ladder are always a threat.

Look what he did to Salvie......Salvie was a good earner and didn't deserve to die.

I believe Michael bought his way out of the life and NO ONE can convince me otherwise.

Happy to see that it appears Michael is in a good place and seems to be making progress on changing his father's thinking.