This Regime Costs Too Much

The government wants more money for security cameras, and the US Supreme Court is closing off its front entrance. The Hamiltonian regime is designed to skim off s much profit for the powers that be as possible, and pass the cost onto taxpayers. The die was cast before the constitutional convention in USA, a convention that came down on the side of the Hamiltonians, while giving lip service to the Jeffersonians.

I like the idea of more security cameras, but only for private property owners. A hotel, airline, movie theatre, all should have plenty of cameras to assist in keeping their guests safe and happy. The content of those films should be private property as well, only used by the property owner, and only available to a govt agency upon a search warrant. For most Americans, what abuse they will encounter will be at the hands of a govt worker, so we should have a law, as long as we have govt, that an and all govt interactions may be videotaped by any one of the participants. Along with Miranda rights, we should have the right to videotape any interaction with govt agents. Govt abuse would likely cease.

In seattle the Federal Court Building has been retrofitted to withstand some serious assaults. This plus the new cadre of guards, is very expensive. It adds to the cost of the courts, at a time when cities, counties and states are scrambling for funding for basic services. It does not say much for a system that must defend itself so. Starbucks has no security systems that I can see, because it is voluntary, and well, the stakes are low. The stakes are much higher in the court system, due to the relative lack of rule of law: going into court, no one has any idea how things will turn out. Gandhi was probably the last lawyer to advise anyone what the litigant should do, now lawyers advise what you could do. Big difference.

Most of the problem here, in business anyway, is that business people convert business problems to legal problems too quickly. At the big biz level, when your mischief invites litigation, mischief makers just back off and let "corporate counsel" handle it. Years later, when the dust settles, the mischief makers have moved on and up. No accountability, no responsibility.

When faced with something unpleasant in business, do not jump to legal recourse. If faced with a legal threat, suggest to your business opponent that the two of you first try to settle the business problem on the business level. Then, if that does not work, your opponent is always free to bring in the lawyers. Usually works.

I found US History boring in school. I find it fascinating when presented by non-regime scholars. The story of Shays's Rebellion will teach you much about USA. It has fascinating parallels on how things are going today, and may even offer some predictive advice.

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