Jon Stewart: Cheating teachers go to jail. Cheating Wall Streeters don’t. What’s up with that?

Washington Post ^ | April 23, 2015

[Wolfie]

Jon Stewart: Cheating teachers go to jail. Cheating Wall Streeters don’t. What’s up with that?

This is one of those videos that make you want to laugh and cry at the same time. I you didn’t watch it, take a few minutes, and if you did see it, watch it again and see what you missed amid the layers of deep analysis for which “The Daily Show” is known.

Jon Stewart on Wednesday night made the inevitable comparison between the former teachers and administrators in Atlanta who were sentenced for cheating on standardized tests — a few for as much as seven years — with Wall Street denizens who in 2008 connived in a way that nearly brought down the country’s financial system. Only one was sentenced to 12 months in jail.

Video at link.

[JewishRighter]

Cheating Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama don’t go to jail. What’s up with that?

[dfwgator]

Because Wall Street has become the Fourth Branch of Government.

[Diogenesis]

Criminals who pay off the DO"J" or the White Mosque
or the EXEMPT .... get one of these:

[clintonh8r]

That will be a surprise to the mediots.

[FredZarguna]

Because Wall Street has become the Fourth Branch of Government.

[nickcarraway]

Obama protects them.

[nickcarraway]

[skeeter]

My immediate thought.

Don't look for edgy Jon Stewart to examine that angle, though.

[I want the USA back]

Cheating ex first ladies and lying perjuring ex secretaries of state don’t go to prison. They go on to become presidential candidates.

[proxy_user]

Because the bankers employ thousands of lawyers to make sure everything they do is legal in form, although not perhaps in substance?

[JohnBrowdie]

stupid question. it's because there is a difference between pedophilia and everything else.

[musicman]

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[Leep]

People think Jon Stewart is a intellectually honest person. What’s up with that?

[JohnBrowdie]

note to self. read article. then post.

[Wolfie]

Pedophilia???

[JimRed]

Broken clock, right twice a day.

[Doogle]

hey Jon...ask your buddy Corzine how he lost over a billion dollars belonging to his clients..WHAT’S UP WITH THAT?...and how could he apply for another chance to open his own money
market firm?..WHAT’S UP WITH THAT?

[Dr. Thorne]

Cheating Attorneys General get confirmed, Jonny-Boy. But who cares? She’s a black liberal.

[DuncanWaring]

#1 on the “Should have been gibbetted years ago” list.