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In response to my post on the irrelevance of the Tiger Woods marital crisis story, my brother — a public interest attorney in the Bronx — brings up an excellent point about the disparate treatment of the wealthy and the poor in domestic disputes.
For example, I was recently listening to a Leonard Lopate Show podcast about police informants and the example of Jack Abramoff was given. In exchange for his testimony, Abramoff — probably the most corrupt lobbyist in Washington history — got a lighter sentence than would someone found with less than a teaspoon of crack.
Yet we continue to believe that the poor in America get all of the breaks.
Grave Error 
Thanks for the shout out
I’ve never stated they get all the breaks; but neither do I believe that being poor is any less of a choice than being a Union member, a member of a political party or a prostitute.
I’m just tired of hearing all the whining, and when you look at a poor person’s life, in a manner no social activist can do it ~ objectively ~ you will most broadly find that they made their choices and refuse to accept responsibility for those choices.
Best Dave Chappelle ever:
Well, maybe this one is first place, especially considering our current President: