Lack of equal rights, justice

AS WE read and listen to the news to hear the latest on the ongoing scandals plaguing the government and the country, it leaves a feeling of hopelessness as it relates to corruption.

It seems like our government is always involved in some sort of scandal. In most cases, if not all, they stem from corruption.

When one really stops to think about how long politicians have been mishandling the affairs of the county, we must ask ourselves, when will justice start applying to those in positions of power? It goes right back to the issue of the lack of equal rights and justice.

It would be good if politicians were treated the same way that a regular citizen is treated when they are found to have cost the country due to fraud or even negligence. The same way we must sit and watch our colleagues being escorted from their workstations in handcuffs because they have committed a fraudulent act, is the same way we should see politicians and public officials being escorted from their offices in handcuffs.

When regular citizens are accused of fraud, whether innocent or guilty, their life changes dramatically. However, when a politician or high-level public official is accused of corruption, they are asked to take a back seat for a while, until the issue blows over.

Until the government takes some serious steps to tackle the elitist mentally that is currently hindering justice from being served on any individual who commits a crime, we will forever be a corrupt nation.