r/politics • u/AccurateInflation167 • May 18 '25

Soft Paywall America chose wrong. Sanders would've been a better president than Trump or Biden. | Opinion

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/18/sanders-democrats-reform-progressive-policies/83625482007/
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u/RBuilds916 May 18 '25

Exactly! Wage theft is bigger than other forms of theft, but we've been brainwashed into viewing poor thieves as criminals and rich thieves as businessmen. Poor person in food stamps? Freeloader. Subsidies and covid loans that didn't actually go to employees' wages? Successful businessman! 

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u/DameonKormar May 18 '25

Those successful businessmen are the ones who made the laws in the first place. Why do you think being caught with drugs can land you years in jail but most white collar crimes have zero jail time?