Poor crimes vs. Rich crimes

Our American so-called justice system was designed for safety and to protect our rights.   There are laws to govern social control and the criminal justice system is to enforce them.  Since the criminal justice system a reflection of our society, it holds the same problems like racism, sexism, classism and other  -isms.
Poor crimes or "street crimes" such as drug dealing, theft crimes against people and property are often the result of poverty,  mental illness, addiction and lack of opportunities.  The people who commit low level street crimes are often uneducated victims of social discrimination, poor, non-whites.  Although they may be valid reasons for criminal activity, there are no excuses.   It is the responsibility of the criminal justice system to identify the reason and offer preventative, proactive solutions, rather than just punishment.
Rich crimes or "white collar" crimes such as embezzlement, fraud, violation of corporate and business laws, insider trading, bribes and kickbacks are often committed by brokers, politicians, CEO's bankers and government employees.  Criminologist Edwin H. Sutherland describes white collar crime as "a crime by a person of respectable and high social status in the course of his occupation".  The biggest frauds are with insurance and medical, false coding, pharmacy fraud, false and double billing, "ghost" patients, psychiatric schemes, home health care and medicare/aid benefits, according to a report in Mother Jones (3/4/95 by L.J. Davis).
What are the reasons, excuses or causes of white collar crimes?  Well, these criminals tend to come from middle to upper class families and communities, are educated and highly intelligent with ample social opportunity to be law abiding citizens.  Our American culture is also to be blamed, because we are materialistic, narcissist and lack  moral values that affect others.   Western society and capitalism tends to promote the me, me, me attitude.  Most Americans value achievements defined as wealth, material things which is often consider better than honesty, fairness, integrity and humanity.  White collar crimes affect us all in a sense that as taxpayers we pay the cost for these crimes.  The Savings and Loan scandal costs approximately $500 BILLION (with a B) to half a trillion (with a T) dollars, compared to the entire cost of World War II which was $460 billion.
White collar crime clearly affects us more than all street crimes because of larger number of victims at one time.  Take drug dealing for example, it's both a rich AND poor crime, but current laws focus mostly on street level dealers rather than large scale operations.  Statistics show that 75% of drug users are white and those incarcerate are non-white, stereotypical drug dealers.  Yet rich white bankers, business men and investors are major traffickers.  Police often focus on non-white, urban neighbourhoods, while white bankers and business men are making millions in the drug trade.  This practice of racism and classism puts more non-whites behind bars, yet does nothing to tackle the drug problem in America. These street criminals, non-white defendants are over arrested and under defended due to lack of financial support to fight the criminal justice system vs. the rich counterparts who may never see a courtroom let alone get convicted.  Since most white collar crimes are committed by upper social class individuals, the criminal justice system seems to favor and take pity on them, legal defenses are covered by corporations and wealth.  Judges are often biased against poor, non-whites and reluctant to put members of their own social class behind bars, instead offer heavy fines (which are easily paid, sometimes with taxpayer dollars) and alternative sentencing, thus supporting the good ole boy system of justice.
What happened to Equal Protection of the laws as guaranteed by the 14th amendment of the U.S. constitution?  Justice in America is clearly defined by race, and social class.  It seems to be tipped in favor of the rich and the poor are on the lower end.  It's hardly surprising though since the American criminal justice was designed by rich, male, white land owners.  Thus racism, sexism and classism is woven within this system, the rich get richer and protection and the poor go straight to jail without collecting $200 or a get out of jail free card like in Monopoly.  It's known that street crime is often the result of poverty and disenfranchised communities.  Aristotle said "Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime".  The social breakdown of morals and crime as a whole affects us all, and all criminals should be held accountable to the same standards regardless of race, sex or social class.
Is there truly liberty and justice for all in America? 
"If government becomes a law breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself.  It invites anarchy".  Justice Louis D. Brandeis

Peace, Love and Strength
T. Davis