[Swordmaker]

"We know what you need to know and we will quit if you don’t bribe us." Gee... this could be extended to everything in commerce:

"We have the groceries you need to eat, and we won't give them to you unless you pay us."

"I can dig the ditch you want but I won't do it unless you pay me."

[y6162]

Good thing about all this is that Frank is being exposed as the lunatic that he is.