Fear of Lawsuits Is Not Why We Spend So Much On Health Care

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4. republicans do *not* object to frivolous lawsuits, they love them and file them all the time.

they just like using a few stray outrages to their advantage, to try to further limit the ability of the powerless to challenge the power of powerful.

rich people and businesses love frivolous lawsuits because it's a way for them to exert power. to them, it's a bit of money (which they can easily spare) and not much of their own time (because they have lawyers and staff for that). for the people they challenge, it could suck up years of their life and most of their life savings, so often they just give up and do whatever it is that the powerful guy wanted them to do.

they can get former employees to sign agreements not to sue or to even tell anyone their story; they can get small competitors to change their company name or close up shop entirely; they can weasel out of a hard cold contract with a supplier or a partner, etc.


it's *not* a matter of morality for them. you will *never* hear a republican whine and complain about a rich and powerful company filing a ridiculous lawsuit. *that* they will tell you, is "freedom".