Even if you ignore the growing evidence that more
equal societies perform better, you can not escape from the fact that increasing absolute poverty while leaving vast swathes of unproductive wealth untouched will only make the recovery that much harder.
Given: (1) the misery and damage caused to the majority of the population by the problem; and, (2) the law
societies» refusal to try to solve the problem, the commercial producers have a strong argument that they should be treated as
equal to the ABSs in providing relief from the consequences of the law
societies» breach of trust, i.e., their failure to
perform the duties attendant to their monopoly over the provision of legal services.