What is it with Republicans and financial crimes?

[msc545]

These people are always doing thefts and frauds and scamming people - what is it with their obsession with money?

[Hardon-Collider]

The impulse comes from a 'money culture' that is an echo of ancient Persian spiritual life. The Persian people were conquered and settled in Asia Minor (modern Turkey), and their spiritual nature is preserved there. The modern political behavior is just a modern shadow of this ancient spiritual impulse.

[msc545]

What does "spiritual "mean in this context? Persians are and were greedy, or what?

[Hardon-Collider]

money worshiping mentality came in a wave, and will go as humanity (hopefully) evolves.

the.. only... constant.. in the universe... is change

[msc545]

ok ty.

[slatyb]

It's not their obsession with money, it's their belief that rules are for other people.

[dustybiker2]

Yes, this too.

[msc545]

Brilliant!

[beefcakebradybatson]

Especially POC !!!

[dustybiker2]

It's how they get that rich. They are willing to screw anyone over. Most people will not.

[Sevenpointfive]

think of making money like a politician having a gambling addiction with government policy at stake without facing any of the consequences.

that's a problem.

[msc545]

horrible problem.

[jamesgoldman]

Almost everyone that far up government anywhere in the world is corrupt in some manner

Here in the UK the deputy PM has resigned over not paying property tax
The right wing leader is being investigated for the same
The 5th back PM was embroiled in the Panama papers

[msc545]

This is the "they all do it" excuse/defense. I would think you would know better.

[jamesgoldman]

Only solution is to ban wealth, oh wait BlackRock are managing that

[BeenThereLovedIt]

Greed, narcissism.

The worst thing anyone did was put up with it, now we got this world to live in.

[goaded]

It's what they do to fill the time between their sex crimes. Totally amoral.

[beefcakebradybatson]

They hate "crime in the STREETS," which they link to POC, especially us blacks, while supporting or even committing white overlords' "crimes in the SUITES."

[DrPepper12]

They're rendering unto Caesar and every MAGA is a conspiratorial narcissist - aka a Caesar.

WWJD?

[Fireguy17]

Same as it is with democrats and financial crimes.
It happens, no party is exempt from it.

[msc545]

Not the same. Try to think back on which Presidents from which party have had the most problems with financial crimes.

[Fireguy17]

They all have , stealing/fraud you name it.
Both parties are guilty of doing it.
I know it, you know it, the birds clapping on your vehicle know it, all you are doing is trying to rationalize it.
Kind of like a 5 year old does.

[msc545]

No, all you are doing is the "whatabout excuse". and does not work and does not normalize it.

[Titlover01]

Greed