Cartoon
Sep 15, 2019 07:59:37 #
Although this seems funny at first glance, we all know it isn't true. Everyone is treated the same in our justice system. Right?
Sep 15, 2019 08:03:10 #
tommy2
Loc: Fort Worth, Texas
jerryc41 wrote:
...Everyone is treated the same in our justice system...
We will see this carried out in the college entrance bribery cases coming up, Right?
Sep 15, 2019 08:12:10 #
We see this in our community in Lancaster PA. A very high percentage of people in our prison are people who have not been convicted of anything, but cannot make bail.
Sep 15, 2019 09:52:25 #
Sep 15, 2019 09:54:18 #
Jandjeby14 wrote:
We see this in our community in Lancaster PA. A very high percentage of people in our prison are people who have not been convicted of anything, but cannot make bail.
They should have gotten rich. Then they probably wouldn't even have been arrested.
Sep 15, 2019 09:54:48 #
tommy2 wrote:
We will see this carried out in the college entrance bribery cases coming up, Right?
Year, two weeks in jail for Felicity Huffman, and she thought that was too much.
Sep 15, 2019 14:56:20 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Year, two weeks in jail for Felicity Huffman, and she thought that was too much.
If I was the judge and if law allowed I would have made it weekends in jail for a long time and she has to work then pay tuition for at least 10 students from low income families to attend university - through grad, medical school etc.
And if she failed to meet those goals she goes into the slammer for a full year and a fine big enough to send 10 students for their 4 year degrees.
Then have all the rest of the judges on the cases of the others caught doing the same thing follow the same guide lines.
Sep 16, 2019 09:07:15 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
jerryc41 wrote:
. . . Everyone is treated the same in our justice system. Right?
In your dreams, Jerry. In your dreams.
Stan
Sep 16, 2019 09:53:57 #
I find this cartoon to be a bit confusing for it appears to me to be two different subjects. One is the inequity of the justice system applied to the wealthy compared to the less fortunate. I understand that.
The other is granting immigration to the wealthy or highly skilled who have an easier path to entry than a less fortunate person. I understand that also.
I just don't see how they both go together in this cartoon.
The other is granting immigration to the wealthy or highly skilled who have an easier path to entry than a less fortunate person. I understand that also.
I just don't see how they both go together in this cartoon.
Sep 16, 2019 09:56:04 #
Felicity Huffman gets 14 days in jail. African American woman, homeless, gives an address that is not hers to enroll her child in school: gets five years in prison. This is "justice" in America.
Sep 16, 2019 10:07:53 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
They go together in this cartoon because, sadly...that is our America today. The wealthy and entitled are treated better than the "huddled masses yearning to be free."I just don't see how they both go together in this cartoon.
Sep 16, 2019 10:10:17 #
Burtzy wrote:
They go together in this cartoon because, sadly...that is our America today. The wealthy and entitled are treated better than the "huddled masses yearning to be free."
Don't forget: the DHS secretary said the "huddled masses yearning to be free" quote was added after the statue was erected, so it doesn't count.
Sep 16, 2019 10:13:21 #
And wealth inequality has reached it's highest point since 1980, so the huddled masses have now been even more huddled for 39 years. It does count. The DHS secretary is an idiot.
Sep 16, 2019 10:17:11 #
Burtzy wrote:
And wealth inequality has reached it's highest point since 1980, so the huddled masses have now been even more huddled for 39 years. It does count. The DHS secretary is an idiot.
I concur.
Sep 16, 2019 11:38:49 #
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