From: hal@finney.org
Date: Thu Sep 07 2000 - 13:01:51 MDT
Phil Osborn writes, regarding dental scams:
> There are entire books by licensed dentists that describe exactly the
> procedures that are commonly used by dentists to ensure that you will be
> making many unhappy returns. As Paul correctly points out, the average
> person stands little chance going up against a professional scam operation.
> They have had lots of experience working out the bugs in their legal warfare
> kit.
It is no doubt true that there are dental frauds, as in other areas.
And these people may well be skilled at protecting themselves in the
court system.
But to put this in the context of the thread, this is not a problem of
"big business". These are not giant dental conglomerates, for the most
part (some may be chains preying on the poor, I imagine). Many of them
are small businessmen who are short on honesty and long on greed.
The problem is not with big business. It is with a legal system which
benefits knowledgeable insiders. The practice of law is tightly closed
and regulated, which is a recipe for unfairness.
Hal
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