Roy L. Pearson, the idiot judge whom everybody now knows as the guy who sued a dry cleaner for a cartoonishly over-the-top amount of money for missing pants, was ruled against today (see Judge Says No Pants Are Worth $54 Million, Rules in Favor of Dry Cleaner.
If he tries to appeal, I hope he gets a major dope slap. We can make fun of the judge all we want, but he represents everything wrong with American culture today. I don't know the Chungs, but I'm sure this has not been easy for them. Running a small business is not easy in America. Not only do you have to pay out the ass for taxes, service fees from other vendors, insurance, and a host of other expenses that crop up daily, but you have to worry about stupid people suing you because they have nothing better to do.
It's almost easier to work for a big company. You can get good insurance for not that much, a steady paycheck, and you don't look over your shoulder for somebody serving papers because satisfaction was guaranteed. This is sad because America was built by entrepreneurs and we are systematically choking the life out of small businesses.
Here's the irony: high taxes, over regulation, and the lawsuits that are so devastating to small business are perpetrated by the same kinds of people who also despise large corporations. They are forcing large companies to be larger as they lobby for legislation that punishes small businesses for existing.
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RE: How to Destroy a Small Business
This is an example of how someone can abuse his office. In this case, an Officer of the Court (licensed attorney and judge). This is coming from a person who decides whether justice is served. On top of it, this appears to have racial overtones coming from someone who very likely got a big break somewhere along the line because of his race.
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RE: How to Destroy a Small Business
Possibly, but it's hard to know for sure about the racial element. But a sitting judge filing such an outlandish suit is reason enough to be hated.
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