[RobbyS]

Case in point is that Japan has fewer than 50,000 lawyers. In Germany, lawyers have a much lesser role, because the law is so much more codified. Disputes are therefore much easier to sett led. Of course, the American example has been a bad on for the Germans, especially as the judges—and lawyers— want to gain more power.

[JennysCool]

I think it was back in the 80s, or maybe the early 90s, when suddenly Congresspeople became known as "lawmakers" -- as if they actually "made" something. The joke (an unfunny one) of course, is that all the laws were "made" some time ago. The lawyers in Congress usually do nothing but make them more specific or name them after somebody.

Or create something like "Obamacare" which they say they never read and thus cannot be held responsible for.

Seriously, the country would be much better run by the cattle or fisheries industries than the legal industry.

Let's try it.