More politicians should be harshly punished. Anyone who saw the look on former North Carolina House Speaker Jim Black as the judge fined him $1 million yesterday (as only part of his sentencing) agrees with that.
The whole idea that the Feds should collect massive cash and we should send reps to Washington to try to get it back with all kinds of strings attached is nuts. Starve the beast and shift responsibilities back to the state and local powers to meet their own priorities, as they see fit.