Wealthy Parents Arrested in College Bribery Scheme.
bootlegga @ Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:38 pm
Thanos Thanos:
I don't know why you felt the partisan affiliation of the participants is what's important here. What's significant is that this is how rich people behave, how they've always behaved, and how they always will behave. Who they vote for is irrelevant and if you think there aren't a shit-load of rich Republicans out there right now who aren't gaming the system themselves in the favour of themselves and for their shitty children then you're being deliberately blind.
This is how the wealthy regard ALL of us:
Anyone who disputes this is a fool. Or, even worse, they who play the irrelevant "which party do you belong to?" game while these scum-sucking rich parasites are laughing at us is just doing the work of dividing us with irrelevancies, and all that does is ensure the rich will keep winning forever.
Wake up.
This is how the wealthy regard ALL of us:
Anyone who disputes this is a fool. Or, even worse, they who play the irrelevant "which party do you belong to?" game while these scum-sucking rich parasites are laughing at us is just doing the work of dividing us with irrelevancies, and all that does is ensure the rich will keep winning forever.
Wake up.
Yep, no doubt.
Does anyone here think George W. Bush got into Yale and Harvard because he was smart or because his dad was a war hero and Congressman?
This kind of BS crosses party lines and Thanos nails it right on the head here.
llama66 @ Wed Mar 13, 2019 1:33 pm
There's always been two sets of rules... one for the "RICH" and one for the "peasants". This is why I love it when the rich get nailed by the system. I love Schadenfreude.
CDN_PATRIOT @ Wed Mar 13, 2019 1:47 pm
llama66 llama66:
There's always been two sets of rules... one for the "RICH" and one for the "peasants". This is why I love it when the rich get nailed by the system. I love Schadenfreude.
Unfortunately, it changes nothing. There is no shortage of rich people that break the rules and do what they want simply because they can due to the amount of money they command.
-J.
peck420 @ Wed Mar 13, 2019 1:51 pm
CDN_PATRIOT CDN_PATRIOT:
Unfortunately, it changes nothing. There is no shortage of rich people that break the rules and do what they want simply because they can due to the amount of money they command.
-J.
-J.
There is certainly no shortage of schools offering spots to children from wealthier families, either.
This is another two-way street problem, where everyone only looks in one direction.
martin14 @ Wed Mar 13, 2019 1:57 pm
Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin's husband Mossimo Giannulli are both released from custody after making their first court appearances in the massive college cheating scandal
Huffman, Loughlin, and Giannulli are among 50 people who have been accused of paying bribes to get their children into America's top colleges
The Desperate Housewives star allegedly paid $15,000 to arrange for someone to secretly change her daughter's answers during the SAT exam
Loughlin and husband allegedly agreed to pay bribes of $500,000 in exchange for having their two daughters designated as recruits to USC crew
Huffman was released on $250,000 bond and had to surrender her passport
Giannulli was released on $1million bond, had to put up their house as collateral
martin14 @ Wed Mar 13, 2019 1:58 pm
Bono's partner in socially responsible investment firm is charged in college fraud scandal after paying $250K to USC, hiring a man to take his son's exam and photoshopping boy into football photos
Bill McGlashan, who is a founder and managing partner at TPG Growth, allegedly paid over $250,000 to get his son into University of Southern California
He gave $50,000 to an athletic director at the college prior to his son's application and an additional $200,000 after he was admitted
In addition, documents state he paid an individual to take part of his son's ACT exam in West Hollywood while he and the boy were home in San Francisco
McGlashan would later, without his son's awareness, assist to photoshop images that showed the boy as a punter, despite never playing football, it is claimed
'Pretty funny. The way the world works these days is unbelievable,' said McGlashan in one call that was recorded and transcribed by prosecutors
He founded the $2 billion Rise Fund with Bono, an investment firm that focuses on social responsibility and ethical investing 
Does not focus on being honest about anything
PluggyRug @ Wed Mar 13, 2019 6:53 pm
DrCaleb @ Thu Mar 14, 2019 6:39 am
This whole thing is just another lesson on how the US favours the rich, and keeps the poor where they are. The dream that you can try hard, study hard, improve yourself and make yourself a success based on your merits is a lie.
You can work as hard as you like, but the rich kid will supplant you for that educational spot because he's going to try out for the LaCrosse team. He won't make it, because he's never played LaCrosse before. But then again, neither will your hard work get you what you want.
martin14 @ Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:30 am
DrCaleb DrCaleb:
This whole thing is just another lesson on how the US
Annnnnnnnnnd you think it's any better somewhere else ?
DrCaleb @ Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:38 am
martin14 martin14:
DrCaleb DrCaleb:
This whole thing is just another lesson on how the US
Annnnnnnnnnd you think it's any better somewhere else ?
Canada doesn't have problems like this, because of a lack of privately funded schools and non-standardized admissions requirements. Also, we don't have an unhealthy affectation for college level sports.
llama66 @ Thu Mar 14, 2019 9:03 am
Well the United States IS fast becoming a Plutocracy. There are many nations where the almighty dollar does not allow people to purchase their way into college.
DrCaleb @ Thu Mar 14, 2019 9:05 am
*cough*Norway*cough*
PluggyRug @ Thu Mar 14, 2019 9:11 am
BartSimpson @ Thu Mar 14, 2019 9:24 am
llama66 llama66:
There's always been two sets of rules... one for the "RICH" and one for the "peasants". This is why I love it when the rich get nailed by the system. I love Schadenfreude.
I totally agree.
I've long subscribed to the philosophy of Andrew Carnegie who saw wealth as an obligation and not an entitlement.
He used his wealth to build hospitals, colleges, and thousands of libraries to help improve the lot of the common man.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvi ... 729e8e7b55
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_library
llama66 @ Thu Mar 14, 2019 9:30 am
BartSimpson BartSimpson:
llama66 llama66:
There's always been two sets of rules... one for the "RICH" and one for the "peasants". This is why I love it when the rich get nailed by the system. I love Schadenfreude.
I totally agree.
I've long subscribed to the philosophy of Andrew Carnegie who saw wealth as an obligation and not an entitlement.
He used his wealth to build hospitals, colleges, and thousands of libraries to help improve the lot of the common man.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvi ... 729e8e7b55
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_library
Absolutely. The Memorial Park Library by my house is a Carnegie Library. This is why I respect a man like Bill Gates. Man is rich beyond comprehension and he's using that wealth to improve lives other than his own.
