I hope these aren't entirely true...

[irishspongie]

...albeit in slightly differing ways.

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apples and orangutangs

[pimpolympic]

Fraud vs armed robbery of a bank, and the guy had priors.
So, the other facts matter.
Should the businessman have gotten more? Yep. Then again, why isn't Rangel in prison, as one of us would be if we had committed crimes like his?

Re: apples and orangutangs

[irishspongie]

The lesson here seems to be: if you're going to commit a crime, go for broke. Being part of a $3 billion fraud only gets you 40 months, so you might as well; $100 gets you 15 years, so you might as well go bigger. Much bigger!

Re: apples and orangutangs

[pimpolympic]

Don't tell that to Bernie Madoff!
;)

Re: apples and orangutangs

[irishspongie]

True, dat. Well, there comes a point at which the penalty can't get any worse, so in a sense he did go for it :D

[ocannie]

Oh, yes. The land of justice and equality. :(

[irishspongie]

"Why are you so negative? Do you really think you're so much better than everyone else? (etc.)"

(This makes sense if you saw what went down on FB :D )

[ocannie]

Now I'm curious as to what went down on FB

[irishspongie]

N = n - X

[blauereiterin]

yeah i remember reading those. im pretty sure they're true :(

[irishspongie]

There was also the guy who robbed a bank for $1 so he could go to prison and receive healthcare. Ouch...