shakedown of St. Louis business: OSHA inspector shows up, shuts down work site, makes up ridiculous violations, demands $3,600 in fines. I suppose they assume that the threat of litigation will get them some percentage of that. The mob couldn’t come up with a better scam.
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How “Serve And Protect” Becomes “Harass And Collect”
What happens when you have to go through a bureaucracy any time you want to accomplish anything? In Russia, all activity is so heavily regulated that the only way to get anything done is to bribe someone. A Levada Center poll of 1,600 Russians said they believed that “bribes are given by everyone who comes [...]
