What?! They are all so plain looking, D list celebrities. All PS and make up. Thandie Newton's daughter and Jolie's kids are gorgeous. Gwyneth's daughter too. |
Good thing is we have laws that disagree with your assessment . You seem stupidly oblivious to the corrosive effect that institutional corruption can have on the stability of a society , or is it a huge waste of ressources only when it involves certain people ? |
Agree. The sheer number of dishonest people on this thread is astonishing. There is no integrity left in the US. If I got caught cheating or lying---man, my parents would have thrown down. Now the parents are doing it for the kids. And the extent they went to is just disgusting. I remember back in the day that the College Board used to investigate whenever a single person got wildly different SAT scores on two different attempts, e.g., like a 400 point increase!!!! I love that Kelly Ripa said they paid for all kinds of tutors and it only got her kid a 7 point bump ![]() |
Yes. Hello Martha Stewart. |
+1 I think paying for someone to fix your SAT scores is one of the most egregious revelations to come out of this. It undermines the whole system. Worse than passing your kid off as a star athlete. |
It was wrong for these ladies to do this. Those that buy their way in by other means are just as wrong. Undeserving is undeserving.
However, I think other than this these women have led pretty exemplary lives. I didn't think Martha should have been sent to jail and I don't think they should, either. Jails are bursting as it is and there are many people that are doing a lot worse yet to be caught because of.....resources? Fine them, tax them, give them community service. Make them pay tuition for others or give scholarships. Lori needs to be filming When Calls the Heart-Mom's favorite show. |
I do think society would be better served if the guilty wealthy were assessed a huge fine with money going to education or something meaningful. Personally, I won’t feel any satisfaction seeing Aunt Becky behind bars. |
Personally , i will feel lots of satisfaction if law breakers are given the appropriate applicable sentence. |
Curious to know what you base your assessment on |
+1 |
They still do that. A young woman from a regular family had her test scores invalidated and the College Board refuses to release them. Meanwhile Lori over here is paying $500K to get someone to both create new scores for her idiot daughter AND get her admitted to college. That is why people are mad. |
you don't know that they've lead exemplary lives! the media and celebrities show you only what they want to show you. and they need to do at least A LITTLE jail time, plus community service, have all their taxes looked at by the IRS, and make an actual real non-tax deductible donation to the school that must be used for scholarships for the lowly and underprivileged-s who's spots were taken by their own undeserving children. |
So University admission takes into account looks, celebrity status? |
This poor black teenager was held for 3 years at Rikers on suspicion of stealing a backpack because his family couldn't post bond. A backpack. He committed suicide when he was released because he was so traumatized. |
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/09/nyregion/kalief-browder-held-at-rikers-island-for-3-years-without-trial-commits-suicide.html Think about this when you're feeling bad that Aunt Becky may spend a few days in jail for hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraud. |