Comments on: Labor roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/07/labor-roundup-10/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 21 Jul 2016 19:36:19 +0000 hourly 1 By: spo https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/07/labor-roundup-10/comment-page-1/#comment-338930 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 19:36:19 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=60200#comment-338930 I agree that the prosecution of the Boston city official would seem extraordinary to a left-lib statist. After all, they aren’t too into the idea that what goes around comes around when it comes back to them. However, when you take a step back, this activity is really pernicious. City employees have no right to impose extra-legal conditions on permits, and when they do, there really isn’t much of a remedy, and the permit-seeker likely will cave. Therefore, it is of vital importance that extortion along these lines be vigorously prosecuted. This isn’t a misguided government employee; this is an evil employee, who deserves exceedingly harsh punishment. And it is a testament to how far we’ve gotten away from basic principles of good government that people will actually defend this conduct.

Would that author like it if some government official tried to have him get union laborers to fix his own home?

Personally, I would not have a problem with a 7 year sentence for this guy.

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