If I were a lobbyist for the
insurance companies, I’d do exactly what ABC is doing. I’d fight everything, because
every alternative but the status quo means the insurance companies lose money.
If I were the lobbyist for the bail agents, though, I’d be helping them say to
various officials, “Hey, we helped America with pretrial release back in the late
1800s, and we can help now. It may mean that we have to change a few things,
but we’re willing to do it.”
If you keep arguing to keep
the status quo, pretty soon people will shine a light on it, and you’ll end up
with a story like this. And, frankly, there’s a bad news story like this waiting to be
told in every state. It’s just a matter of looking for it.
You’re watching your
businesses die, but it’s only because the people running the overall strategy
are insurance companies and short-sighted bail bond companies like the one in
the article.
