Well, a lot of people make a lot of money off fraud. Those people then contribute to the campaigns of politicians, and also judges.
Judges? Did you say judges?
Yes, I'm sorry to say that there are a lot of laws on the books already that don't get enforced. Judicial activism unfortunately has not helped us.
What do you mean by that?
Prominent judges are often biased in favor of economic interests of their regions, especially in states where judges must run for re-election. Judicial elections have gotten so expensive that it has forced judges to become politicians in robes.
That's depressing. Can you give examples?
I have too much respect for the courts of our nation to discuss any particular judge. However, the Wall Street Journal just ran an article entitled "Judges Gone Wild" about the unprecedented misconduct in the Georgia judicial system.
If the judges won't enforce the law, what good will passing laws do?
This is a debate in the whistleblower community. Laws have unintended consequences, loopholes and get twisted into anti-whistleblower laws. It is really hard to stand up to the defense attorney lobby, which has virtually unlimited resources. You can see what happens every day in the movie, The Insider. The lawyers of the tobacco companies were so powerful they could crush almost anyone.
So how do you keep going and stay sane?
It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness. We've got to do what we can.
How can you be optimistic in the face of all this?
I know in the end we will win. The WPEA is a step, but it won't be the end. Our country must combat fraud. What we are doing now is not sustainable. This country was not built for a day, but for our children and our descendants.
If we don't change things around, our country is not sustainable. We can't absorb disaster after disaster. We need open government and transparency. If the people are to govern, they must know the facts important to governing. Otherwise the USA, like Rome, will perish from the earth.
What about the need for secrecy? Aren't lives at risk?
Daniel Ellsberg once said that lives are always at risk. Secrecy itself puts lives at risk. How many lives were lost as a result of the WMD disinformation? How many lives were put in jeopardy by the highly preventable oil spill? How many lives are lost when fraudulent HMOs refuse to pay for standard medical care?
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