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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts) Sun Aug 19, 2018, 10:10 PM Aug 2018

Dan Rather: "Let's retire the trivializing euphemism "white collar crime." A felony's a felony..."

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Both parties need to get serious about vigilantly prosecuting "white collar" crime. Those caught in the Mueller probe prove that if nothing else. And while we're at it, let's retire the trivializing euphemism "white collar crime." A felony's a felony and a criminal's a criminal.

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Dan Rather: "Let's retire the trivializing euphemism "white collar crime." A felony's a felony..." (Original Post) Miles Archer Aug 2018 OP

If you steal 1 million from a business it's white collar angstlessk Aug 2018 #1

Thank God for Dan Rather! Va Lefty Aug 2018 #2

White collar crimes BigMin28 Aug 2018 #3

If this country had done what he said 30 years ago dump wouldn't be president Bradshaw3 Aug 2018 #4

Exactly. iluvtennis Aug 2018 #5

George Carlin NYC Liberal Aug 2018 #6

angstlessk

(11,862 posts)

1. If you steal 1 million from a business it's white collar

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Aug 19, 2018, 10:24 PM

Aug 2018

If you steal 1 hundred from a convenience store it's a felony!

Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)

2. Thank God for Dan Rather!

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Aug 19, 2018, 10:36 PM

Aug 2018

BigMin28

(1,176 posts)

3. White collar crimes

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Aug 19, 2018, 10:54 PM

Aug 2018

ought to be considered more serious as they usually involve abusing a position of trust, and or power. Just my opinion...

Bradshaw3

(7,522 posts)

4. If this country had done what he said 30 years ago dump wouldn't be president

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Mon Aug 20, 2018, 12:54 AM

Aug 2018

He would have been put in jail a long time ago. Rather is exactly right, the lack of enforcement of these crimes of money laundering and tax evasion et al led to dump and Manafort and the rest thinking they could get away with it because they had for so many years.

iluvtennis

(19,858 posts)

5. Exactly.

Reply to Bradshaw3 (Reply #4)

Mon Aug 20, 2018, 01:10 AM

Aug 2018

NYC Liberal

(20,136 posts)

6. George Carlin

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Mon Aug 20, 2018, 01:36 AM

Aug 2018

See, that's what you've got to remember; this is the Ronald Reagan administration we're talking about. These are the "law and order" people! These are the people who are against street crime. They want to put street criminals in jail to make life safer for the business criminals!

They're against street crime... Yeah! Yeah, they're against street crime, providing that street isn't Wall Street.

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