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animalstalkinginallcaps:

WHEN THEY SAY ‘MINIMUM SECURITY PRISON’ THEY ARE NOT JOKING.

WHITE COLLAR CRIME IS THE BEST.

I STILL CAN’T BELIEVE WE WENT TO JAIL AT ALL.

I KNOW, I THOUGHT OUR WHOLE THING WAS THAT WE COULD JUST TANK THE ECONOMY AND LAY OFF A COUPLE MILLION PEOPLE AND THEN JUST COLLECT OUR BONUSES AND GO TO CABO. ISN’T THAT HOW IT WORKS NOW?

WELL, YEAH, BUT TECHNICALLY WE FILED AS AN LLC NOT A PROPER CORPORATION SO SO WE CAN’T BLAME EVERYTHING ON A FAKE ‘PERSON’ AND BUY A NEW JET.

DAMN. WELL, AT LEAST WE WEREN’T SELLING MARIJUANA TO PAY RENT OR SOMETHING.

HA HA HA! I KNOW! WE’D BE IN JAIL FOR YEARS! REAL JAIL!

WHAT’S FOR LUNCH TODAY ANYWAY?

LOBSTER, I THINK.

AGAIN? JESUS. I’M GOING TO HAVE TO HIT THE ELLIPTICALS ALL AFTERNOON TO WORK OFF THAT BUTTER.

We have a justice problem in this country that’s at least as big as our economic ones, and partially responsible for them. Specifically: people who put our whole economy in danger or steal millions of dollars glide down on their golden parachutes into minimum security prisons for a few months (if at all) while those who hold up a corner store for a hundred dollars to feed their family go to jail for years.

Is that an oversimplification? Yes. Is it an excellent example of what’s wrong in this country that actually happens? Also yes.

I don’t have all the answers for why this happens, although I can provide the most cynical one: “Money”. But this is a conversation that we as a country need to be having right now.

(via maspower)