tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post6395088768000742679..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Friday Texas Bribery RoundupGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-14108206321471583432009-08-18T15:25:08.518-05:002009-08-18T15:25:08.518-05:00Well we can all agree that these people should be ...Well we can all agree that these people should be put on probation since they didn't commit violent crimes and incarceration is too expensive to use for non-violent offenders.RASnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-30523379163176352212009-08-16T18:58:17.226-05:002009-08-16T18:58:17.226-05:00Just an FYI – Bloomberg Law Reports is now putting...Just an FYI – Bloomberg Law Reports is now putting out a White Collar Crime edition. As always, they do a fine job of reporting on the significant cases decided concerning the various issues and provide hefty background and references. http://media.bloomberg.com/bb/blawreport/kNTM2NjEyNDU<br /><br />In the first issue, July, there was an eye-opening article regarding the testimony before Congress by former Nigerian official Nuhu Ribadu and the staggering collateral damage that foreign bribery inflicts upon the people of those nations. (Sorry, can’t find a link for that issue.)<br /><br />…Ribadu testified that, in his opinion, corruption was not an<br />abstract financial crime, but a blight responsible for as many<br />deaths as the combined results of conflicts and HIV/AIDS on<br />the African continent, because it provided fertile ground for<br />injustice, violence, failure of government, and failure to use<br />revenues and aid for the benefit of the people, for whom it<br />was intended. Ribadu called corruption “one of the greatest<br />crimes the world has ever known” that was “killing Nigeria<br />and . . . killing across the African continent.”…Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-78638244288946153682009-08-16T12:40:00.753-05:002009-08-16T12:40:00.753-05:00Prison. That's where all these folks need to b...Prison. That's where all these folks need to be. They should be held to a higher standard, and punished accordingly.R. Shackelfordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-27319169330607043622009-08-15T12:21:19.364-05:002009-08-15T12:21:19.364-05:00Scott - did you cover the idiots from Hempstead g...Scott - did you cover the idiots from Hempstead going to prison for bribery and corruption? I might have missed it.Hook Em Hornshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660612847019528535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-60426546998910793102009-08-14T23:26:36.364-05:002009-08-14T23:26:36.364-05:00Bribery in Texas. This is my favorite thread Scott...Bribery in Texas. This is my favorite thread Scott!!!!Hook Em Hornshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660612847019528535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-29735935897218717282009-08-14T16:42:04.214-05:002009-08-14T16:42:04.214-05:00Public corruption is one form of white collar crim...Public corruption is one form of white collar crime but subverts public policy from serving the public interests to serving private interests. <br /><br />As with white collar crime effective regulatory oversight is needed to reduce the official bribery. <br /><br />There is a very small separation between bribery and campaign contributions -- which effectively changes laws before they become law to favor private interests over the common good. We are seeing this process play out before our eyes with the efforts to derail health care reform -- something this nation desperately needs.<br /><br />If we continue as we have, in ten year I doubt if 50% of the population will have affordable health care.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-74985949667976952822009-08-14T13:08:46.772-05:002009-08-14T13:08:46.772-05:00"If not, would the vendors have colorable civ..."If not, would the vendors have colorable civil claims?"<br /><br />Yes, not to mention the officer will have income tax problems since most likely this income was not reported by the officer.<br /><br />Course someone would have to give IRS a heads up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com