Immigration issue vs. the steroids investigation

It's hard not to see the parallels between Congress' recent attempt at dealing with the illegal immigration problem and Major League Baseball's current attempt to investigate its steroid problem (not to be confused with the grand jury action):

• The problems originated because of money -- With immigration, the business community has a vice grip on our elected politicians. And businesses are hooked on cheap laborers (i.e., not paying taxes on them, paying them below-market wages). Also, many immigrants are here to make wages that are much better than what they can get in their home countries. In baseball, the league was hurting after the season-killing strike of 1994 -- so those in charge (commissioner and owners) were willing to embrace anything that would rejuvenate the game. Also, the players were willing to do whatever they could to be better than the next guy and sign that astronomical contract.
• Out-of-touch "leaders" have little regard for those who matter the most -- On the immigration issue, our politicians are falling over themselves to pander to the illegal minority and ignoring the overwhelming will of the people. With baseball, those in charge have basically stuck their heads in the sand and ignored the credibility gap they've created in the eyes of the average fan.
• When they actually do try to address it, they are only really paying lip service in an attempt to appease their critics -- On the immigration issue, who really expects Congress to put in place and fund anything that actually gives our sovereign country control of its borders? Not me. With baseball, this latest investigation is just "too little, too late". Already some of the game's most venerable records have fallen to folks like McGwire and Bonds and very soon, Barry Bonds will pass Ruth and Aaron and lay false claim to the most important record in sports. Baseball's ship has sailed. The asterisk era is already in the books.
• The rulebreakers have little interest in or respect for the rules -- ILLEGAL immigrants obviously don't respect our laws. And they brazenly go out and protest en masse to "demand their rights". Additionally, our inept politicians have no interest in enforcing the immigration laws on the books -- even though our porous borders invite criminals and terrorists to easily come into our country. The steroid freaks in baseball only care about what's in it for them. They certainly have no respect for the rules or the integrity of the game that has been so good to them. And MLB leaders only care about money, not rules. (NOTE: Also, it's a paper tiger argument to claim that steroids were not against the rules when the perps were taking them. MLB must abide by our state and federal laws and those steroids were illegal when the miscreants took them. Did baseball have a rule against murder? No, it didn't need one. It was/is against the law. Similarly, MLB did not need a rule prohibiting steroids.)

So there it is. Two big messes that could have been curtailed or contained if only the rulemakers had done their jobs and/or the rulebreakers had followed the rules. And the masses (i.e., law-abiding US citizens and MLB fans) get the shaft -- as always.