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It's like a criminal racket, except it's the city doing it.
by uvdiv 14y ago
It's like a criminal racket, except it's the city doing it.
- uvdiv 14y agoSome scenes from the inside: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/dc-taxi-official-turned-fbi-informant-recalls-role-in-corruption-probe/2012/04/02/gIQAErYhrS_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/dc-taxi-official-t... I like the imagery of the murderous taxi kingpin driving a gold-painted Mercedes. (page 3)
- ktizo 14y agoReminds me of the gang theory of politics, that the definition of the government is whoever are the current most dominant gangsters. I find this is not necessarily a good general model, but for certain specific circumstances it can be pretty accurate.
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