Former Ohio Republican Representative Bob New was sentenced to 30 months in jail and to pay a $6,000 fine. Ney pleaded guilty to his involvement with Jack Abramoff. Bob Ney admitted to accepting expensive trips, meals, campaign donations for political favors. Ney blames his wrong doing because of his addition to alcohol. This maybe partially true, yet I think he was more addicted to the perks of being a high public official who could be treated like a king because of his position in the Federal government.
Is 30 months in jail that great of a punishment? Considering he knew what he was doing was wrong and that he disappointed many of his constituents I think this punishment could have been harsher. Ney's constituents are still getting screwed. Taxpayers are still going to be paying Ney's pension. Ney goes to jail and is still making good money off of the public. Now that should be considered a crime in itself.
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