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In reply to the discussion: Ed Norton 🧵: I'm no political pundit but I grew up w a dad who was a federal prosecutor & he taught [View all]grantcart
(53,061 posts)And then Czech and finally gave him Poland. Peace in our time.
Certain personality types, I.e. those that lie all of the time, are not suitable to negotiate a deal , but even if he could be trusted (he can't) and even if he were to promise a quiet and peaceful removal from the public square (he won't) it would be the wrong move.
The reason that serious multi billion white crimes are still committed is that we simply don't put rich white guys in jail. There is a direct line between the fraud that were committed with energy and banking scandals around 2008 and Trump. When guys like Trump see people shooting people on 5th Ave and walking away he thinks "I can do that".
Send a couple of dozen high profile white guys (and Ivanka) serve time and You will see tax compliance go up and mega fraud and perjury before Congress go down.
Our system (especially our tax system) relies on self regulation and compliance. Put a few rich white guys in jail for tax fraud and you will see dramatic increases in self reported revenue the following year.