Do you think if Google fails that the search engine is just going to disappear? Or GMail? No, they'll be sold to the highest bidder to pay Google's debts, but they won't themselves be liquidated. Life will go on for the rest of us.
Relax, and stop screwing with the market already. If they make dumb business decisions, let them fail. There are mechanisms in place to deal with that.
If Congress doesn't change a bill, they're "not listening to the people!" If the do change a bill, it "keeps mutating every week", and how is Joe the Plumber supposed to keep up with that?
Maybe then gigantic all-in-one bills are just bad ideas in principle. Maybe health care reform should be tackled piece by piece instead.
Here's why loser-pays is a horrible idea: "Mr. Jones, you claim that Atoyot Motors was negligent in failing to adequately test the accelerators in its cars, leading to an accident that killed your family. The jury has -- just barely -- decided that your evidence wasn't strong enough, and found in Atoyot's favor. You owe them $500,000 in legal fees." After that, nobody else dares to sue, and Atoyot keeps making defective product that kills people.
How is that worse than today? "Mr. Jones, you might have a case, just maybe, but it's not a sure thing so I'll need the fees up front. We'll start with a $10,000 retainer but that will get used up fast, so have more ready. You may or may not win it back."
It's a matter of degree. I find the current system to have FAR less of a chilling effect for seeking redress for grievances from the powerful.
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