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    Commentary: 'The system is rigged' feels real when the rich cheat to get their kids into top colleges

    by Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times Mar 13, 2019 3 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - We've been hearing about it for years.

    The system is rigged.

    Donald Trump went at it from the right, Bernie Sanders from the left. They targeted different villains but identified the same casualty.

    The little guy. The one who kept falling further behind while a select few prospered.

    And now we can see it as clear as the writing on the indictment.

    The college entrance cheating scandal unveiled by federal prosecutors on Tuesday is a story for our time, a perfect snapshot of fatuous American greed and savage inequality.

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