I think it simpler than that. White collar crime isn't punished because half the government would be in prison if it were. Your average city government is at le

I think it simpler than that. White collar crime isn't punished because half the government would be in prison if it were. Your average city government is at least as corrupt as your average corporate organization, and probably much more so. And it gets worse the higher up you go. The government operates essentially like the mafia, only it's legal when they do it.