Economic Meltdown (seconda parte)

[Zenda]

Right. Here is another rose colored lens for you.

From your own link: “We really do believe in zero tolerance” by Metro Transit Police Chief Barry J. McDevitt

The guy went to federal prison for growing flowers, while others get a fine.

Your own link shows perfectly clear that he was not growing flowers, but smuggling protected plants. Tell me, would you also be so lenient with ivory smugglers?

The "rare" orchids were probably grown in a greenhouse in Peru, and not in the wild.

Why would you assume that? If that was the case, they would have had no trouble importing the plants legally.

Also consider that Phragmipedium are very hard to cultivate, and may not even survive simple re-potting. Collecting from the wild and shipping before most plants wither is by far the most profitable way, if you can hide the plants amongst legal imports.

They were taken of the endangered list before the trial.

Oh really? Which of the smuggled species would that be?

How about felony selling of raw milk and eggs?

You mean for selling health-risk foodstuffs WITHOUT A PERMIT. Such permits might be redundant in your world of smart and responsible entrepeneurs, but not in mine.

But, if you are looking for more examples, take a look here: Zero tolerance