Thank you Miss Ann.  I agree that there is a general acceptance of the 'minor' con or theft while there might be more outrage to the greater dollar amounts.  But really the facts are the same.  Who ever committed the con, regardless of the amount, still committed a crime of fraud.  Perhaps not a chargeable crime but a moral crime against others just the same.

A prime example has been the entire debacle of the 5th LIO office.  Though perhaps not a direct financial gain to those elected officials who promoted the $37 million purchase during fiscal decline, it still was a con on the entire State.  Only those who have access to other people's money will be free spenders during lean times.  As with most politics, the end game appears to be status, power and money.