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To: JennysCool
Transaction cost under organized crime are lower than government. After all it's not 'organized' government is it? The mob has great incentive to be quick and efficient. The government has just the opposite. You could even say organized crime is pro growth, pro business.
10 posted on 02/15/2006 11:45:39 AM PST by Leisler (Islam Macht Fries!)
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To: Leisler

Except when it comes to business which does not cough up the protection money. Then it is hard to argue (even with tongue in cheek) that burning the store down is "pro-growth."


90 posted on 02/16/2006 2:57:57 PM PST by justshutupandtakeit (Public Enemy #1, the RATmedia.)
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