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To: ManyMoose who wrote (53647)	11/18/2006 10:44:00 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

"the monetary severity of crimes" Monetary severity? You can have all my money. Just don't rape my daughter. I could care less if somebody fudges on his taxes. Many consider taxation to be unethical. There is a difference between somebody who gets a bargain on paper (which has no direct impact on you) and the bastard who breaks down your door and hurts your child while stealing your savings. I'm not saying that tax evasion should not be prosecuted. I just don't think it should be criminal. A monetary infraction can be remedied with money. A physical harm can never be remedied.

To: ManyMoose who wrote (53647)	11/20/2006 10:28:30 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Robbing a Seven Eleven store is punished a lot more severely than some executive robbing the pension fund of his company. It's not comparable at all. If its shoplifting from a Seven Eleven store then I can see the penalty being less then the exec who robs from the pension fund. If its embezzling from the 7/11 store then the crime is similar (if probably smaller). If its armed robbery of the 7/11 store there is a reason to give it a more severe punishment. Your threatening some one's life in order to take the money.