The founders were human politicians in a tough spot. Best we fix this and soon.
looks like something i want to read so here i am posting on the thread, marking it...
“Even worse is to exert massive fines until the owner is bankrupt with the arresting officer, judge, and legislator all belonging to the same agency.”
yeah, been there, done that. only it was a taking of a different color. i get to travel 500 miles to the state capital to beg permission from a regulatory troika for a chance to work for a living. i was too bewildered at the time to consider what they were doing to me. had i been a bit quicker (read articulate and then some) i could have made a point about double/triple jeopardy...even now, all i can do is laugh like hail...(no i am not laughing, not then, not now)...
but at the end of the day, everyone went home, it just took longer for me to get three. half a day/bout ten hours.