Comment by ChrisMarshallNY

Comment by ChrisMarshallNY 17 hours ago

We should definitely go after those folks, but it's not pleasant, as many of them may be having their own issues that add to the problem.

One of the big problems with the US, is that we worship money like a god. People will do almost anything, and compromise all their personal values, for money. We have entire industries that sell narratives, rationalizing these compromises.

This is exacerbated by the current employment problems. They keep talking about how unemployment is down, but I think we all know folks that are un (or under-) employed, and the difficulties they are having, finding work.

Someone in that state, is fertile ground for money- and job-laundering bad actors. It sucks to punish them, but that is what we need to do, to discourage the practice.

collingreen 14 hours ago

I agree but I don't actually feel bad about punishing people for committing fraud (as long as we punish all people fairly, etc).

> People will do almost anything, and compromise all their personal values, for money

I think this demonstrates what their ACTUAL values are or at get very least the priority of those values.

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t-3 11 hours ago

> One of the big problems with the US, is that we worship money like a god. People will do almost anything, and compromise all their personal values, for money.

A US person without adequate cashflow is likely to not be able to have food, housing, clothing, medical care, etc. A lack of morals are not what causes people to do anything to make money, it's a lack of money in a capitalist society. Blaming people for systemic problems is incredibly regressive.

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jfengel 10 hours ago

Quite a few people will have adequate food, housing, etc and still dispense with morals for money. Some studies suggest that having more money makes one more dishonest rather than less.
The problems are indeed systemic, but it's not just lack of money. The system is constructed around the love of money, such that too much is never enough.

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