Including - the unintended consequences: Drs. fleeing, UPS trucks won't deliver. Not the whole story but - a good vignette.
One woman gave an overview, from the visceral level.. ~ "it's about the only way any poor folks around here are ever gonna see any (money?)"
Sure it's a scam - tell me again how it differs from Golden Parachutes, 'cancelled' personal loans and off-shore bank accounts. Two wrongs don't make a right?
They may.. in unrestrained vulture capitalism. And *WE* know how to
'un r e s t r a i n' better than Anyone. Them l33T have been on a roll since the '80s - already got away with a few hundred bill. via the S&L test run. It worked! That money.. wasn't returned, just evanesced ?? though a sacrificial pigeon got a few years in Golf Prison. The money is NEVER returned! (Think anyone noticed?)
C'mon beep - we be inherently a corrupt bunch; can't get Rich without it! We just talk so mellifluously about Truth Decency Responsibility that.. a few get suckered into believing that CIEIO actually meant it! (Not so often of late, though..)
Ashton