訴訟天国、とりわけニューヨーク

米国はその成り立ち上、自分の権利は自分で闘って守る。その闘うための仕組みが訴訟なのだということが、最近私にも分かって来ましたが、それでも、米国の訴訟は行き過ぎだと思います。
非生産的なコストがもう少し減らないものでしょうか。
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Sue CityJohn P. Avlon, 07.14.09, 01:00 PM EDT
The Big Apple's half-billion-dollar tort tax dwarfs that of other cities.

The city's $568 million outlay in fiscal year 2008 was more than double what it spent 15 years ago and 20 times what it paid in 1977. New York now allocates more taxpayer dollars to settling personal-injury lawsuits than it does to parks, transportation, homeless services or the City University system. As the city seeks ways to save money during the financial crisis, it should focus on reforming the warped system that makes such unreasonable and unproductive expenditures possible.
Suing the city is big business.