Originally published at: "Humble" and well-connected San Francisco real estate fraudster avoids prison sentence | Boing Boing
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The thing that offends people most about Willie Brown is not that he’s blatantly corrupt but that his corruption is so undiscerning and petty. You could toss a quarter at the guy on the street and he’d probably debase himself for you.
Having him as her mentor is always going to be an albatross around Kamala Harris’ neck.
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I’m obviously not in favor of the corrupt pocketing more money; but what always disturbs me about stories of politicians being bought for a few thousand bucks and a pat on the back is the consideration that such a price might actually represent a market equilibrium rate.
In the sense of not wanting the wicked to prosper you want corruption to be unrewarding; but in terms of what it says about general corruptibility you would want the going rate buy a politician to be really, really, high because that suggests some combination of durable moral fiber and significant fear of getting caught. If the price is a pittance, though, that suggests that the product is abundant and the perceived risk is low.
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