The Big Problem Nobody Seems to Have a Solution For!
By Michael LeMieux
January 4, 2010
NewsWithViews.com
Things are going well when a man enters the store wearing a black suit coat and a fedora. He walks straight up to the counter not looking at any of the merchandise and he locks his eyes with yours. “Who is the owner here?” he asks. You reply that you are. He then proceeds to tell you that for the privilege of operating this business and for the protection he provides he demands that you pay him thirty percent of all the profit from your business. He further tells you that if you refuse then some very bad things just might happen and you could lose it all.
We have seen this scenario played out many times in old movies of the gangster lore. The mobster would demand protection payments even when the protection you are paying for was from that very same gang. And if you did not pay you would end up losing everything.
Now I am going to ask what some would deem a ridiculous question; what is the difference between the government and organized crime?
Read the whole Article on the Problem here:
http://www.newswithviews.com:80/LeMieux/michael103.htm
The Solutions!
Now Read the Solutions here:
http://fija.org/
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