Because the laws and interpretation of such are written and applied by the same administrative state that enriches itself at the expense of the masses. In that, Steve Bannon really put the finger into the right wound.
Yup. The ones judging the criminals know that they are/have been committing similar crimes. That's why the leniency.
You guys are advocating for smaller government. The idea that you can administrate your way to low levels of corruption is a joke. Here is the flowchart to determine if a human being will corrupt whatever they touch: Is a person involved? +-Yes-> Likelihood of seriously fucking shit up over 1000 instances = 0.98 +-No-> Good.