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I think I more or less agree, except for this: > Every politician who accepted money from SBF should also go to prison if they don't return 100% of the money
by tombert 3y ago
I think I more or less agree, except for this:
> Every politician who accepted money from SBF should also go to prison if they don't return 100% of the money given to them.
Even if they surrendered all the money given to them, and lets assume they even paid interest and another fine on top of that, I'm not sure they should be allowed to be politicians anymore.
Politicians are very specifically a "trust" job. The fact that they even took the money signals that they were receptive to bribes, and I think should signal to the courts that they cannot be trusted to represent the will of their voters. Just because bribes and lobbying are commonplace right now doesn't mean they should be.