@inthehands
This reminds me of a conversation I had with a small business owner in Thailand.
I asked him what it was like to run a business there. One of the bits of info he revealed was that he had to make monthly payments to the local mafia for protection. Any business that failed to do so would mysteriously experience unfortunate events.
I have been saying for years that the US is slowly declining into third-world status. We have arrived?