TRYING TO LIVE LIKE THE JONES', DIFFERENCE IS THE TRUE JONES' DO NOT GO TO JAIL

 This is a sad state of affairs for the state of Illinois and the country. One more politician down because he tried to live like the Jones' instead of doing the work he was elected to do. This is a typical example of the Fraud Triangle in play. There was opportunity........no oversight in place to ensure the money was spent correctly or,  if there was, it was very weak. Then there was pressure.....the pressure to be the rich politician who can play with the big boys and gals, not understanding that your  integrity and reputation is what will have your peers respect you and  want to be in your company. Then we have rationalization......this can be many things, but one thing the perpetrators always believe is that they they will not get caught at all.  Unfortunately, Jesse Jackson he may not been caught if the Blagojavich bribery case had not reared its ugly head in which he was involved.

Seven years is too long a time for authorities to have not  known that such abuse of campaign funds was being perpetrated. Where were the people who were supposed to provide oversight for the campaign funds. They must be held responsible for negligence as well. A precedence has been set by the law makers and the law that says, it is OK to defraud the public of millions of dollars, abuse the money of the citizens, bring the country to its knees financially and you will not be punished for it or if you are, it will be a slap on the wrist. A new precedence has to be set  by the law makers and the law. The legal system must make the laws harsher for economic crimes and the perpetrators must be presecuted to the fullest extent of the law. 

Once that precedence is set, I believe we will see a reduction in this sort of crime.

FRAUD IS A VIOLENT CRIME - PREVENT IT

 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/21/us/politics/jesse-l-jackson-jr-pleads-guilty-to-wire-and-mail-fraud.html