You Can't Fix Stupid.

them is found violating the law, then the crime is even more heinous. Consequently, the penalty should be even more severe. As law protectors, they were given a special privilege and respect; as violators, they should be given similar disdain.

  This inequality of punishment for violating a law should also apply to all professions who more than most should have known better. For example, the penalty for avoiding paying the proper tax should be penalized more for a tax accountant or a financial consultant than would be an average citizen; because they more than anyone should know better. Or for example, a professional politician should be penalized more than violating a “sunshine” law or for taking bribe than say a volunteer on a committee, because they should have known better.