Money talks and the poor walk the plank

I am sure we are all familiar with the term walking the plank, if not - this is what pirates used to do to punish sailors or crew members that they had taken over, the crew would be tied up and forced to walk off the boat and plunge into the sea to their deaths.

It has become abundantly clear to see that in South Africa, if you have money you are somewhat above the law or certain things do not apply to you. There are many cases where this is quite evident, whereby the judicial system is put under light. A question asked by many is, is the justice system skewed against the poor?

“But there is one way in this country in which all men are created equal- there is one human institution that makes a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller, the stupid man the equal of an Einstein, and the ignorant man the equal of any college president. That institution gentlemen, is a court. It can be the Supreme Court of the United States or the humblest JP court in the land, or this honorable court which you serve. Our courts have their faults as does any human institution, but in this country our courts are the great levelers, and in our courts all men are created equal” 
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

The poor keep on getting poor while the rich get richer, with the huge inequality gap in South Africa, and the fact that South Africa has over taken Brazil to become number one in the ranking table.

The gap between rich and poor has grown to "unprecedented levels" in the past 30 years in spite of the "remarkable" progress made towards ending poverty, says the report, released by Oxfam.

The really question is, is everyone equal in the court of law? Many public figures have been caught drinking and driving or on the other end of the law, but have never been caught. On the other hand if it were to be your average Joe Soap that would be a different story e.g. I’m sure we all remember the story of the senior traffic official Brain Mc Bride who was caught for drinking and driving and never was taken to task.

With the ever growing inequality gap between the two, this has a major effect on your normal tax payer and sees them taking a huge hit whilst the rich earn more.

The Oxfam report said that multibillionaire US businessman Bill Gates, with an estimated wealth of $67-billion (R727-billion), could afford to spend $1-million a day for 218 years.