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36. Damned good question. nt

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Fri Apr 3, 2015, 11:09 PM

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Bill Black: We Send Teachers to Prison for Rigging the Numbers, Why Not Bankers? [View all] marmar Apr 2015 OP

teachers can't afford $1000/hour lawyers who used to work at the SEC and DOJ nt geek tragedy Apr 2015 #1

Or the lobbyists or the campaign contributions. nt Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2015 #14

Both very true... daleanime Apr 2015 #17

if only you knew about this practice wilt the stilt Apr 2015 #41

Because bankers bribe our politicians every election highmindedhavi Apr 2015 #2

Teachers don't have the $$ Ainaloa Apr 2015 #6

And are made up of a lot of women. AwakeAtLast Apr 2015 #27

And highly educated women are dangerous and scary. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #30

And in this case, the defendants were black, so that adds an extra dimension to the system's tblue37 Apr 2015 #45

I noticed that, too AwakeAtLast Apr 2015 #46

How much legislation can you afford? NT Trillo Apr 2015 #12

It seems lately that all Politicians donnasgirl Apr 2015 #15

Separate and unequal: two systems of justice in this country. For the well-heeled one system and KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #3

A corrupted legal system is a by product of capitalism fasttense Apr 2015 #40

I'm not even sure the legal system is 'corrupted,' truth to tell. As a part of the 'superstructure' KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #42

So you are saying capitalism by design has a corrupted legal system fasttense Apr 2015 #47

"Corrupted" is such a value-laden term (as is "by design"), so I'd have to think carefully about KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #48

Most of these educators and administrators were black? Banksters are white? And oh, so rich. Fred Sanders Apr 2015 #4

Or at least Michelle Rhee... deurbano Apr 2015 #5

Because the GOP has America so fucked up Takket Apr 2015 #7

true, but bankster enabling seems to be a bipartisan affair marmar Apr 2015 #8

But please don't fall into the whole false-equivalency thing. Both sides, both sides... calimary Apr 2015 #21

yes, there are dems like Elizabeth Warren...... marmar Apr 2015 #23

It is an ugly fact, but one we cannot ignore. We still have the exact same lack of regulation liberal_at_heart Apr 2015 #26

yep marmar Apr 2015 #34

Just more proof that teachers are evil... ybbor Apr 2015 #9

+1. Demonizing teachers is how low some elements in this country have sunk, all for profit, at the appalachiablue Apr 2015 #28

When TPTB demand impossible results and attach draconian penalties to tblue37 Apr 2015 #44

Teachers don't own judges. Madmiddle Apr 2015 #10

How much justice can you afford? NT Trillo Apr 2015 #11

HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT Apr 2015 #13

Matt Taibbi turbinetree Apr 2015 #16

Because Wall Street banksters rule this counrtry project_bluebook Apr 2015 #18

We thought the same thing in our house. SoapBox Apr 2015 #19

If you even speak ill of banksters, they will threaten to withhold your campaign money. tclambert Apr 2015 #20

The GOP has fucked up our system beyond repair. Initech Apr 2015 #22

It's not just the GOP that are responsible for the banking mess. liberal_at_heart Apr 2015 #25

The answer is easy, $$$$$$$$ liberal_at_heart Apr 2015 #24

Teachers don't own the politicians who appoint the prosecutors. hifiguy Apr 2015 #29

+1 Enthusiast Apr 2015 #31

Looking through the lists of "People Not To Send To Prison Because They Donated" I jtuck004 Apr 2015 #32

American Justice B Calm Apr 2015 #33

Teachers.. sendero Apr 2015 #35

Damned good question. nt eppur_se_muova Apr 2015 #36

William K. Black is the Man. Octafish Apr 2015 #37

Bankers stealing from workers isn't a crime. It's a feature of the system. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2015 #38

$ = "JUSTICE." The more $ you have, the more "JUSTICE" you can buy. blkmusclmachine Apr 2015 #39

Jason Linkins on HuffPo just did a viciously funny piece about this very point: tblue37 Apr 2015 #43