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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
According to one of its sponsors:
I can't believe that S. Res. 39 cost the taxpayers all that much money, but it would be nice if one of the Republicans who was ducking the roll call would come out and say that he thought a roll call vote would have cost too much. As it is, it looks kinda like they're playing for the votes of crypto-racists.
It's endearing to see Republicans start worrying about the nation's fisc only as an excuse to avoid apologizing for lynching, or funding Sesame Street.
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I still don't see the point. I have always been a fiscal conservative and am not a representative of the party in any official capacity. That said, I propose a blanket apology, "we are sorry to everyone for not always doing everything that you think we should have and for doing anything that you think we should not have and we will try not to let any of that happen again, but if we do, we apologize in advance" Next.
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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Absolutely right. The government never ought to prosecute someone who can afford to defend himself properly. It's not efficient use of taxpayer money. Stick to sticking it to the poor and defenseless.
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Is the standard for deciding to prosecute that someone has enough money for a defense? It was an awful case, it should not have been brought. Is there a case to bring? Perhaps, but I think they need to develop it a little more first.
FTR, I am just as critical of prosecutorial indiscretion against poor people. there was case years back (mid 90s) in Chicago. A cook county prosceutor charged a couple with 1001 counts of child abuse and related offenses against their minor children. The kids were immediately taken and put in foster care. The parents were poor. Each and every count was later dismissed, prior to trial. There was no apology and there should have been. And the prosecutor should have been fired for what he did to those people's lives and the destructive affect the state visited on what proved to be an otherwise healthy (but poor) family.
I am an equal opportunity critic of the system.
