Homeless Man Gets 15 Years for Taking $100
This image has been
making the rounds this week, and for good reason. It elegantly
illustrates how our nation treats the haves vs. the have-nots -- the 1%
vs. the 99%, if you will. We live in a country where white collar
criminals convicted of multi-billion-dollar fraud schemes get less than
3.5 years in prison, while homeless men who take a hundred bucks (and
feel bad about it) are tossed behind bars for 15 years. The stories
aren't new (the first is from June and the second
from 2009), but it hardly matters; you could sub in any of the numerous
stories of white collar criminals getting away with enormous crimes,
and of poor people being targeted because of their class, and you'd get a similar result.
If anyone you know still doesn't understand what the Occupy Wall Street protesters are angry about, please point him to this.
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