Comments on: DC Tax Thief Saga Nearly At End

By: ObliviousInvestor

ObliviousInvestor — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:23:15 +0000

Does “up to 18 years” seem too lenient to anybody else?

By: garagefather

garagefather — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:20:24 +0000

The answer to your question is this: the mentality of the government and its employees is that the money they receive is the government’s money and the employees believe they are taking the governments money and not the peoples money. When the entity “government” is seen as the provider of the money, it is much easier to rationalize the theft since no single individual was harmed directly, the crime has no specific victim to report it. The fact that is went on for so long indicates what everyone already knows , that there is a culture of corruption in our government.
The only way to limit these frauds is to limit the money going to Washington. There will never be a perfect system but the more we send to Washington, the more will be lost to waste, fraud, and abuse.

By: Jim Coman

Jim Coman — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:08:39 +0000

This is only going to get worse. As the moral fabric of our society continues to erode, people are going to continue to lose their sense of right and wrong, and like you say, will almost feel entitled to it or justify it in some way. And the even sadder result is that witwill require even more governement intervention and laws to try to curb this behavior. Good news for auditors, but bad news for tax payers. Come on parents, wake up and start teaching your children that stealing, cheating and lying are ALWAYS wrong!! period.