tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post1591599726102770706..comments2024-03-29T00:30:10.138-07:00Comments on BikeBubba's Boulangerie: Another thought on BlagojevichBike Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post-62758627466263200072008-12-11T11:08:00.000-08:002008-12-11T11:08:00.000-08:00All one needs is a nodding familiarity with the sm...All one needs is a nodding familiarity with the small-time secretary/accountant embezzling scandals that crop up now and then and make the local news (we seem to average about one a year around here) to see that getting into debt has a lot to do with personal corruption. Sometimes these situations are created foolishly and sometimes as a result of reverses such as health issues or personal disasters, but there's a strong tie between financial desperation and white collar crime. We just had a locally grown federal judge convicted of insurance fraud after a nasty divorce.<BR/><BR/>OTOH, there are lots of just plain greedy rich people with few worries, just lust for money. But that doesn't eliminate the pattern you point out, completely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post-11907072411758067702008-12-11T10:07:00.000-08:002008-12-11T10:07:00.000-08:00Perhaps you ought to try reading what I actually w...Perhaps you ought to try reading what I actually wrote instead of "reading into" what I wrote. Either party could do a lot to clean up politics by taking a look at candidates' finances.<BR/><BR/>One GOP counter-example to my claim would interestingly by George Ryan, who was quite prosperous before becoming Governor, but yet succumbed to bribes. So handling money well is certainly no panacea against bribery. However, I've got to believe that it helps.Bike Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post-67051218824872518772008-12-11T09:38:00.000-08:002008-12-11T09:38:00.000-08:00Are you trying to suggest that there have been no ...Are you trying to suggest that there have been no attempts at profiteering within the current administration? Or are you deliberately ignoring those cases?Benjamin Seghershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07739990171992396323noreply@blogger.com