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Anonymous wrote: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.

+1

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.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Wow.
Lori Loughlin has always had a very squeaky clean, girl-next-door image.

And she married a handsome designer & was blessed w/two drop-dead gorgeous daughters.

She was still getting acting gigs plus her hubby was very successful in his career.

Why toss all of that away?
That is the downside to being wealthy.
Your mind-set is that you can buy success, etc. all w/the drop of a dime.

But it’s not okay.
Perhaps a kid who deserved to attend that same school lost out on a chance for future career success because his parents didn’t have $500,000 to bribe someone with.
And they likely didn’t have the connections that celebrities have.

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.

Anonymous wrote: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.

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Anonymous wrote:What Huffman did (cheating on standardized test) isn’t quite as egregious as what Loughlin did. It wasn’t bribery and and the doctoring was limited to the SAT. Her daughter may have been a hard working student who didn’t do well on standardized tests and they justified it to themselves. I’m not excusing her, I still think it’s appalling — it’s just not in the same league as Loughlin and her DH, who bribed (500k) and [b]lied about their daughter’s achievements.[/b]

I have to disagree. What Huffman did was exactly that - the outcome was that her child's SAT scores were a LIE. A lie is a lie, is a lie....

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 - so true for most people.

+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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Anonymous wrote: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.

Anonymous wrote: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.

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Anonymous wrote:What Huffman did (cheating on standardized test) isn’t quite as egregious as what Loughlin did. It wasn’t bribery and and the doctoring was limited to the SAT. Her daughter may have been a hard working student who didn’t do well on standardized tests and they justified it to themselves. I’m not excusing her, I still think it’s appalling — it’s just not in the same league as Loughlin and her DH, who bribed (500k) and [b]lied about their daughter’s achievements.[/b]

I have to disagree. What Huffman did was exactly that - the outcome was that her child's SAT scores were a LIE. A lie is a lie, is a lie....

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 - so true for most people.

Anonymous wrote:I could see them getting some jail time and other humiliation just to scare the crap out of all the other rich people thinking of doing this. People who want to keep up the Jones do not want the Jones to see them in orange jumpsuits.

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Anonymous wrote:What Huffman did (cheating on standardized test) isn’t quite as egregious as what Loughlin did. It wasn’t bribery and and the doctoring was limited to the SAT. Her daughter may have been a hard working student who didn’t do well on standardized tests and they justified it to themselves. I’m not excusing her, I still think it’s appalling — it’s just not in the same league as Loughlin and her DH, who bribed (500k) and [b]lied about their daughter’s achievements.[/b]

I have to disagree. What Huffman did was exactly that - the outcome was that her child's SAT scores were a LIE. A lie is a lie, is a lie....

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Anonymous wrote:They did all this for their kids, and the irony is that they’ve ruined their lives (at least temporarily). Lori Loughlin’s daughter was doing really well without college on her YouTube channel/Instagram and now nobody will take her seriously. Her other daughter wanted to be an actress and she had a good shot with her parents’ connections, but who will hire her now? Their formerly pristine images are shot. People are really angry because they are the symbol of rich privilege and entitlement.

My DH pointed out that they probably saw this as a victimless crime, and he doesn’t necessarily think they should do jail time.

They shouldn’t do jail time.

And you are overestimating the younger crowd who would be interested in the daughter doing the lifestyle brand. The only ppl who care about this are older ppl. Most ppl already know the rich are privileged and entitled. They follow those ppl bc they want to be rich and privileged. There is a reason the Kardashians, for example, can remain relevant even though they have scandals and are disgusting.

+1, this is a huge waste of resources to put someone in jail like this. Kids should get kicked out of school and parents should get fined or something but that's it. The parents are fully to blame and I don't get why you'd want to encourage your child into that lifestyle that her daughter is living. No good can come of it and she is doing that child a disservice by basically selling her body.

Anonymous wrote:Wow.
Lori Loughlin has always had a very squeaky clean, girl-next-door image.

And she married a handsome designer & was blessed w/two drop-dead gorgeous daughters.

She was still getting acting gigs plus her hubby was very successful in his career.

Why toss all of that away?
That is the downside to being wealthy.
Your mind-set is that you can buy success, etc. all w/the drop of a dime.

But it’s not okay.
Perhaps a kid who deserved to attend that same school lost out on a chance for future career success because his parents didn’t have $500,000 to bribe someone with.
And they likely didn’t have the connections that celebrities have.