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Permalink Reply by Merryberry on January 13, 2013 at 12:18am

Things like that aren't supposed to happen in the U.S. either but they do. Sometimes the media will find out and the public will be outraged but celebrities typically get a pass. About 15 years ago Halle Berry caused a hit and run. They thought she was drunk but by the time they got around to interviewing her, sometime later it was a moot point. Tax evader, Timothy Geitner was voted in to office as the Treasury Secretary by the US senate finance committee after failing to pay close to 45K!! in back taxes from the early 2000s. Yes, he was made to pay back the owed taxes (which spanned over 4 years) but it’s hard to imagine in all the U.S., there isn't a more deserving, honest, less hypocritical person to give such an important job too. It doesn't help matters that present day media has no back bone and gives people they deem worthy a pass. There is zero coverage on people or issues that don't fit in to their personal agendas. Yes, it’s sad really.

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Permalink Reply by Ella Bs on January 22, 2013 at 3:32am

I think that's crazy! In France all the presidents are mostly corrupt, for Sarkozy everybody said he was president because when you are president you cannot be arrested. The same for Berlusconi in Italy, he is a criminal but you cannot arrest a president there. In the UK I feel it is less corrupt but maybe it's just better hidden :/

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