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Originally Posted by MoneyGuy
There is a principal here. $3K or $300K, it's still wrong.
It's still theft if someone shop lifts a $1 candy bar, as it is if you steal a car. Yes, I'm aware the punishment is less under $5,000, but it's still theft. Our politicians have to be held to a high standard and need to adhere to the rules or accept the consequences. Many do not, and it taints everyone.
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I guess the other factor is that the mistake/theft appears to be of letterhead? In other words, he didn't line his own pockets here, right? He used city letterhead otherwise there was really nothing wrong with this. So he did some fundraising for charity with city letterhead.
I agree with you in principle though. I hate when people say "I barely took any, so whats the big deal?" Why not just take as much you like then and call yourself a thief?