Recently, former Congressman Tom Delay was convicted of money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Now from what I've heard, he's probably going to be sentenced to 10 years probation instead of possible jail time. A slap on the wrist for a serious white collar crime? Really? To me that's absolute bullshit (pardon my colorful language).
Delay did wrong knowingly and willingly and now he might get to pass on jail time. It doesn't matter if he's a congressman or even the President of the United States, he shouldn't get a pass for a crime as serious as this. If I were the one to make the decision, I'd lock him up just like everyone else who's committed crimes like this. No one, and I repeat no one deserves to get what he might get. Now that I've ranted about this, I'd like to bring up another point.
I know for a fact that Mr. Delay isn't the first politician to be convicted of a crime, but I also know that there are plenty of politicians out there who are just as dirty, if not dirtier than Delay. I know politicians take bribes, steal money, abuse their power, and etc. Some of them are brought to justice and some easily slip away from punishment. Now I'm speculating here, but if the people who are supposed to keep these people in check aren't catching them, why do they still have jobs? Delay laundered money for years and now he's getting punished (lightly). That seems inefficient to me and if I ran the show, I'd definitely be keeping a close eye on these people. Well, that about does it for my rant and hopefully in the future politicians are kept on a tighter leash. Ha, yeah like that would ever happen.
I was viewing the article by a fellow classmate in an published article,Our Corrupt Leaders. He argues that former Congressman Tom Delay maybe getting probation for laundering money. This is a serious crime according to our laws. I've have witnessed people getting prosecuted for not paying their child support and they have been prisoned for lack of failure to maintain financial responsibility. But on the other hand, Delay had knowledge of his criminal activity and should be imprisoned. It shows that Republicans are cowards to take responsibility for their criminal actions. Cowards! If I were a juror, I would not show any sympathy to Delay that has no balls.
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