Nothing Exceeds Like Excess-By Harsha Sankar

Dear Citizen, December 2001

Now that it has been admitted that America is in a recession, these facts are important.

In 1990, Dr. Steve McGee of Texas University reported that each lawyer on average cost America in lost productivity one million USD's per year. The grand total of lost productivity was 20 percent of the GNP at that time. With lawyer growth rate at 4 percent a year, this grand total and percentage is now much higher.

David Levy, president of the Children’s Rights Council, stated that 30 to 40 percent of medicare costs is due to excessive lawyer–induced litigation.

In the last seven years, federal bureauancy expenditures increased 30 percent inflation-adjusted. This has led to joblessness, suppressed wages, decreased security, chaos, and the erosion of rights. Instead of government passing more interpretive laws and increasing the budget and powers of its police (e.g. FEMA), it needs to diminish the wealth-vacuuming effect created by this parasitic aristocracy. Non-economic damages in civil lawsuits must be eliminated.Judiciary -erected procedures must be abolished and instead replaced with simple procedures made by the legislative branch that does not comprise of attorneys. Efficient, economical, and uniform rule of law must be implemented to promote growth in productive jobs and wages. The WTC attacks should not be used as an excuse to usher in lawyer activism and Big Government.

Every dollar wasted by litigation and burdensome regulations creates no return on investment. On the other hand, every dollar invested by the entrepreneur would increase the standard of living of all productive people. Yet today’s government enriches attorneys and bureaucrats and causes working people to work harder than ever. It also curtails meritocratic wealth and job creation by current and potential individual/family business operators. In East Los Angeles, an individual needs 80 licenses and other clearances to start his/her own enterprises. While this is lucrative for the status quo, is it any wonder why East L.A is rocked with violence and poverty? America must convert back from its current form of fascist capitalism to free enterprise capitalism which built this nation.

Americans are at war. We cannot afford O.J. Simpson, Rodney King, Paula Jones, and Monica Lewinsky court proceedings in bringing these criminals to justice. If we do allow these kangaroo courts (created and operated by attorneys) to try these matters, it will send the wrong message. The 9-11 attacks will just be the beginning.