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Is There Any Industry Or Line Of Work You Assume Most People In It Are Corrupt?

Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:32 am
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
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Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:32 am
For me the most obvious is politicians. I assume that for the most part, even the ones who enter for the first time with good intentions, they will eventually get involved in something that would be considered corrupt.

I know people will say lawyers and while there are those out there that would be considered corrupt, I do think there are lawyers who do what they do to help people. They want to be able to challenge those who do take advantage of the legal system.

What about contractors?
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
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Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:32 am to
Trial attorneys
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
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Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:33 am to
pornography
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:33 am to
People that milk the system...like disability
Posted by Splackavellie
Bayou
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Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:33 am to
Government &
Lawyers &
P5 College Sports
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Posted by redneck
Los Suenos, Costa Rica
Member since Dec 2003
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Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:34 am to
wheel chair salesman
Posted by highpockets
Lafayette
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Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:34 am to
Prisons, big money in that.
Posted by Winston Cup
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Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:34 am to
sec referee
Posted by Macfly
BR & DS
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Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:36 am to
Lawyers - the "crooked" jokes have to come from somewhere.
Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
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Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:36 am to
People will say attorneys because when they think attorneys they think criminal defense and personal injury lawyers. And while I don't know that I'd call them corrupt, they certainly tend to change their worldview to adapt to the moral/truthfulness questions they have to confront.

But I deal with lawyers all the time, mostly commercial litigators and corporate attorneys, and very few give me any vibe of corruption or even unethical behavior. Assholes, sure, but not particularly unethical. Honestly, even bigger-matter insurance defense attorneys don't strike me as particularly sketchy.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
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Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:37 am to
Politics
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Posted by Athis
I AM Charlie Kirk....
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Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:37 am to
Mechanics....A/C people...home contractors...Pretty much anyone that I have to use to get some work done that I can't...
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Posted by Niles
Seattle
Member since Oct 2019
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Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:40 am to
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Trial attorneys


the term "Trial lawyer" is WAY to dignified. I prefer what Rispone calls them. BILLBOARD Lawyers. It demeans them to the level of trash they really are.
Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Feb 2012
87746 posts
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:41 am to
To answer the question, city officials for shitty areas. As much as big cities are discussed on that (Baltimore, Atlanta, etc.) in my experience it's probably worse in surrounding areas at times.

In Atlanta we've got smaller shitty cities in the suburbs where it is an absolute pain in the arse to get anything done because power brokers in city government control everything. Unsurprisingly, big players don't want to go into these markets, but plenty of existing business owners who want to expand, open new locations, avoid code issues, etc. have to play ball.
Posted by saint tiger225
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Posted by saint tiger225
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Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
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Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:45 am to
College football is probably the biggest scam currently going.

Also, you’re a fool if you don’t think someone on the outside doesn’t have a say in the outcome of games in professional sports.
Posted by crewdepoo
Hogwarts
Member since Jan 2015
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Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:47 am to
People who work at phone stores.
Posted by Breauxsif
Member since May 2012
23230 posts
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:49 am to
quote:

But I deal with lawyers all the time, mostly commercial litigators and corporate attorneys, and very few give me any vibe of corruption or even unethical behavior. Assholes, sure, but not particularly unethical. Honestly, even bigger-matter insurance defense attorneys don't strike me as particularly sketchy.

Patent lawyers strike me as non sketchy attorneys.
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
122527 posts
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:50 am to
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wheel chair salesman


I'd put them in the category of medical equipment companies and I would agree. Without even getting into the who wheelchair thing, a made up friend of mine (everyone knows I don't have friends and this is made up ) used to work for a medical equipment company.

Long story short, he worked for a company that wanted to promote him, but would have had to move out of state. It wasn't something he could do at the time and since he was maxed out in the position he was in he found a job with a medical equipment company. It was an in between job for him, but he said he hated every second of it.

He said most of the job included convincing doctors, PT rehabs, etc to prescribe equipment to patients they really didn't need. In other words, insurances were paying for equipment people really didn't need. So although you were trying to be funny, I would say its an accurate assumption.
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