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And in many other parts of the world. It is so bad that businesses in n the US did adopt it as a practice. The ballooned to such epic porportions that the US Senate sponsored a bill to make it in illegal. If it had been kept down to a mild roar the law would still be missing from the books.

It is still bad because the incentives are still in place. Throw a little bit of money at a few people, get your business locked in. If you get caught you pay a very small portion of the profits and get to keep your business deal in place.

The fines are a joke, and the rules are indeed for the little people.




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