I suspect the reason there are no bankers in jail is that they give far more money to the Dems than the Pubs. Can’t get any money from your sponsor when he’s in the clink. But money buys votes, even if the money comes from unions whose members may be forced to join to keep a job, or a leftist billionaire who made his money polluting the climate like Steyer. http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/the-boys-of-summer-july-s-biggest-super-pac-donors-20140822
Money and politics go hand in hand. The campaign laws limiting money also limit speech. The Supremes have decided that unions and corporations have equal rights to speech, and thus contributions, to any cause their shareholders or union members support. Does this buy influence? You bet. Just look at the rulings from the leftists who control the NLRB and NMB appointed by Obama after they contributed billions to elect him. I’m glad Pastis has shown this to be the truth in this strip, although it should be noticed that he talks about “billionaires” which would include the unions who have spent billions to elect their candidates.
The NYTimes “funny pages” are called the Editorial and Op-Ed pages. I laugh at how they can preach about what others should do from their tax-subisdized perch protected by a corporate/family trust fund that enables them to hide from estate taxes. A laugh a minute if you ask me.
I suspect the reason there are no bankers in jail is that they give far more money to the Dems than the Pubs. Can’t get any money from your sponsor when he’s in the clink. But money buys votes, even if the money comes from unions whose members may be forced to join to keep a job, or a leftist billionaire who made his money polluting the climate like Steyer. http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/the-boys-of-summer-july-s-biggest-super-pac-donors-20140822