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"Oh, please. Trial lawyers are utilizing laws that are currently in place. If anyone is to blame it's politicians who won't change the laws, judges who let cases go forward, and juries who actually award the damages."

It's worse than that. Lawyers aren't just opportunistic capitalists, they are the authors of their own largesse.

Politicians write the laws, yes... but who do you think they are?

Judges let the cases go forward, yes... but who do you think they are?

Juries award the damages, sure... but who do you think is hand-picking and hood-winking them?

Over 80% of our politicians were (or are) lawyers. Judges were (or are) lawyers... Laws are written in this country to be purposely obscure to allow public debate. The only profession who benefits financially from a public debate is the legal profession who must be hired to interpret the statutes.

If our politicians wanted to be direct they could learn a lesson from history... "Thou shalt not..." is a direct law. 5,000 pages of ways in which "thou couldst" is a boon to the lawyers.

It's the world's biggest graft.

Juries award the damages, sure... but who do you think is hand-picking and hood-winking them?

Then defense lawyers are incompetent because they are involved in the jury selection process too. Lawyers representing defendants get to pick jurors as well, and they get to explain their case to the jury. If they are letting plaintiff's lawyers "hood-wink" juries, they should find a new profession.