04 Nov 2003, 08:37, Tom Walker (1:202/1324), wrote to Matt Mc_carthy:

Hi Tom.

 ->> etc.  Crooks are no longer limited to the 'technical trades'.

 TW>  But the Mechanics still have the Edge. California spends tens
 TW> of millions of dollars(or even more) per year prossecuting 
 TW> Crooked Machanics.                                            
 TW>  We typicly don't even slap the wrist of the White Colar 
 TW> Criminal. :-(  :-(

That's because the typical (or stereotypical) crooked mechanic operates on
a one-to-one level and is easily prosecuted.  Basically just a side effect
of lazy law enforcement.  

The white collar criminal steals only a dollar or two, but from millions of
people.  Much more bucks involved, but also much more difficult to
prosecute, and virtually impossible to prosecute at any local level.  

We're waking up though!   :-))


     Good luck...  M.

--- Msged/386 TE 06 (pre)