One thing that seems to be lost in the presidential campaign is what John Edwards represents - the tort lawyer-vulture. Apparently his $20 million fortune is based on blood-sucking the medical industry. As I mentioned in another post, he represents one of the major factors dragging the U.S. down in the global economy, which I will repeat here:
- tort lawyers who prey on whole industries, driving up the costs to consumers (as Edwards did in the medical industry) and making american business and industry less cost competitive with foreign firms.
- the tidal wave of illegal immigration that results in big profits for a few, and increased taxes, shifted costs, balkanized society, and political distortion for the many.
- the wretched product turned out by the government school system.
- the irrational deployment of U.S. military forces that reflects the long-gone cold war, with attendant costs.
- "diversity", the racial spoils system that allocates jobs, university admissions, contracts etc based on (non-white) racial group membership.
Back to the grasping lawyers: In california, there is a state-wide initiative, known as proposition 64, that is on the ballot for this november's election. It's on the ballot because the statehouse, controlled by democrats, many of whom are lawyers, are not about to derail one of the best lawyer rackets going.
There's a loophole in the law that allows lawyers not representing anyone, and in situations where nobody has been harmed, to sue small businesses. A small business owner will out of nowhere receive a letter from a shakedown lawyer, citing an extremely minor infraction the businessman has committed, and demand payment, typically several thousand dollars, to settle the case. The businessman goes to another attorney who tells him to settle, fighting it will just cost him many times more money, so he settles. Typical cases are such as a travel agent who forgot to put her license number in her web site, or an auto mechanic who forgot to put "annual percentage rate" in his ad instead of "APR".
Edwards (on a much larger scale) represents the predatory lawyer jackal class - he is representative of exactly the wrong type of person to achieve high office at this juncture of history - in my opinion, actually far worse than Lurch himself.
- tort lawyers who prey on whole industries, driving up the costs to consumers (as Edwards did in the medical industry) and making american business and industry less cost competitive with foreign firms.
- the tidal wave of illegal immigration that results in big profits for a few, and increased taxes, shifted costs, balkanized society, and political distortion for the many.
- the wretched product turned out by the government school system.
- the irrational deployment of U.S. military forces that reflects the long-gone cold war, with attendant costs.
- "diversity", the racial spoils system that allocates jobs, university admissions, contracts etc based on (non-white) racial group membership.
Back to the grasping lawyers: In california, there is a state-wide initiative, known as proposition 64, that is on the ballot for this november's election. It's on the ballot because the statehouse, controlled by democrats, many of whom are lawyers, are not about to derail one of the best lawyer rackets going.
There's a loophole in the law that allows lawyers not representing anyone, and in situations where nobody has been harmed, to sue small businesses. A small business owner will out of nowhere receive a letter from a shakedown lawyer, citing an extremely minor infraction the businessman has committed, and demand payment, typically several thousand dollars, to settle the case. The businessman goes to another attorney who tells him to settle, fighting it will just cost him many times more money, so he settles. Typical cases are such as a travel agent who forgot to put her license number in her web site, or an auto mechanic who forgot to put "annual percentage rate" in his ad instead of "APR".
Edwards (on a much larger scale) represents the predatory lawyer jackal class - he is representative of exactly the wrong type of person to achieve high office at this juncture of history - in my opinion, actually far worse than Lurch himself.
