DeLay conviction overturned
Category of problem: Politics
Level of problem: State
The article is concerning an enacted policy of overturning
charges on a money-laundering scandal.
Why this is important or how does the affect individuals/families?
This affects individuals because they are what make up corporations who fund
and support political campaigns in which DeLay used that money to fund local
state representatives that he supported.
My views on the issue/policy: It’s all politics! There are
so many scandals and money-laundering going on in the world of politics that
the citizens can’t even keep up. I don’t feel that DeLay being acquitted was
the best result especially with the Justice stating that they just ‘didn’t have
sufficient legal evidence to charge him.’ It’s probably because he paid
somebody off to rid any evidence he had. He may have done well through the
years and made a name for himself but he needs to get off his high horse and
come clean for his state. He reportedly sought donations from his political
action committee at Enron but he denied it yet he still stepped down as
majority leader. Well didn’t Enron just get out of a major scandal in 2001 as
one of the largest failed audits and bankrupt businesses in the world! Of
course DeLay would deny that. His two staff members were also found guilty and
were ordered to pay a fine and probation for illegal political contributions. It’s
really sad that this is what our government’s politics has come to at the state
level as well as national.
"He
(DeLay) was wrong on the law and wrong on the facts, but politics bailed him out."
-Texas for Public Justice, Craig
McDonald
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