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Old 05-19-2020, 05:24 AM
 
Location: Free State of Florida
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Look at the list of States, Districts, & territories with the most lawyers per capita.

There seems to be a correlation between too many lawyers, and societal woes.

I heard once that the USA has more lawyers than the rest of the World combined.

They can't all make a living practicing law, so some become politicians.

The only 2 fiscally responsible politicians in Washington DC are an eye doctor, and a farmer.

Most of the remaining 533 are lawyers.

Maybe we should close down all the law schools for 50 years to fix what's broken.
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Old 05-19-2020, 11:08 AM
 
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I agree that there are too many lawyers.

What kind of person endeavors to make a living by constantly hustling to forcefully move money from one coffer to another?

Talk about a life of work that is worth forgetting.
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Old 05-19-2020, 11:17 AM
 
Location: Ohio
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Look at the list of States, Districts, & territories with the most lawyers per capita.
Per capita. So you're a graduate of the Josef Göbbels School of Fantasy. Who would have guessed?

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There seems to be a correlation between too many lawyers, and societal woes.
Right, lawyers are the reason why idiots have $1,200 worth of butt-ugly tattoos but don't have $400 in the bank for an emergency.

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I heard once that the USA has more lawyers than the rest of the World combined.
Given that the majority of foreign States are 2nd and 3rd World Countries, that doesn't really mean much.

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They can't all make a living practicing law, so some become politicians.
And what do doctors who can't make a living butchering people do?

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The only 2 fiscally responsible politicians in Washington DC are an eye doctor, and a farmer.

Most of the remaining 533 are lawyers.

Maybe we should close down all the law schools for 50 years to fix what's broken.
So, you're mad because you're too weak to vote for a 3rd Party candidate or run for office yourself, or even get involved for that matter, and you keep voting in the incumbents.

They got meds for that.
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Old 05-19-2020, 11:24 AM
 
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https://lawschooltuitionbubble.wordp...pita-by-state/

Look at the list of States, Districts, & territories with the most lawyers per capita.

There seems to be a correlation between too many lawyers, and societal woes.

I heard once that the USA has more lawyers than the rest of the World combined.

They can't all make a living practicing law, so some become politicians.

The only 2 fiscally responsible politicians in Washington DC are an eye doctor, and a farmer.

Most of the remaining 533 are lawyers.

Maybe we should close down all the law schools for 50 years to fix what's broken.
They are modern day pirates, disrupting commerce and looting wealth. Unlike lawyers, pirates seemed to spread the wealth on liquor and hookers.

Lawyers have created a legal system, not a justice system, in which actual justice is secondary to finding exceptions and loopholes in the law such that the guilty go unpunished.
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Old 05-19-2020, 11:28 AM
 
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....'what's the difference between a catfish and a lawyer?...one's a scum sucking scavenger and the other's just a fish'...


...sorry, couldn't resist...
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Old 05-19-2020, 11:28 AM
 
Location: Somewhere gray and damp, close to the West Coast
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I still love the old joke: What do you call 10,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?


A good start.
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Old 05-19-2020, 11:29 AM
 
Location: Somewhere gray and damp, close to the West Coast
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....'what's the difference between a catfish and a lawyer?...one's a scum sucking scavenger and the other's just a fish'...


...sorry, couldn't resist...
Yep!
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Old 05-19-2020, 12:29 PM
 
Location: 404
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We have too many office drones: lawyers, consultants, secretaries, etc. We lack the workers who make stuff, especially smallhold farmers and skilled craftsmen. Today's banker may have the choice of digging irrigation ditches or starving in a few years.
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Old 05-19-2020, 12:41 PM
 
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Per capita. So you're a graduate of the Josef Göbbels School of Fantasy. Who would have guessed?



Right, lawyers are the reason why idiots have $1,200 worth of butt-ugly tattoos but don't have $400 in the bank for an emergency.



Given that the majority of foreign States are 2nd and 3rd World Countries, that doesn't really mean much.



And what do doctors who can't make a living butchering people do?



So, you're mad because you're too weak to vote for a 3rd Party candidate or run for office yourself, or even get involved for that matter, and you keep voting in the incumbents.

They got meds for that.
Maybe so but is the butcher the best place to get them ?
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Old 05-19-2020, 12:51 PM
 
Location: Free State of Florida
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Lawyers are like government. All they do is redistribute wealth. They do very little to grow the pie. They are a huge reason why healthcare is so unaffordable. Doctors are doing test after test to cover their legal liability...massive waste.

We need tort reform, and we need to limit the # of lawyers...like NYC taxi cab medallions.
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