Red-Light Cameras...How To Steal Money Legally

I’ve always had a problem with the whole traffic violation-fines regime. Technically, when we speed, fail to buckle-up, or forget to signal when we turn, we are breaking the law—that set of rules meant to maintain social order, and which separates us from the lower species we share the planet with. However, if we give a little money to the city, county, or state, the authorities will forget all about our breaking the law. I know it sounds cynical,...

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What Suing Subway Reveals About Us

Have we become so undisciplined, greedy, and unaccustomed to getting our way in America that we can’t stand even the perception that we are not getting our full of whatever excess we wish to indulge ourselves in? Apparently so. A week ago, what began as an online point of consumer interest by an Australian-based Facebook user has evolved into (yet another) frivolous consumer lawsuit that reveals how questionable both our behaviors and our priorities...

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