Loophole Industry

It is easy to find ways to escape the punishment that human laws exact. However, the situation in the next world will be different. There neither wealth, resources, nor loopholes will come to his rescue.

In developed western countries, it is not bribing which is resorted to escape the clutches of the law. Instead, they have established a significant industry called the loophole business.

During President Reagan’s Presidency, a tourist visiting Washington DC wandered about finding new office buildings in the city, as he had learned from the newspapers about President Reagan’s announcement of a cut in the number of office employees. So, he inquired about an architect who was supposed to be renting those offices. He was told that the people engaged in the loophole industry required them. The tourist was doubly amazed. He had never heard of the loophole industry, so he inquired again what it meant. “Don’t you know,” the architect replied, “Washington has the largest loophole industry in the world.” During the conversation, he learned that whenever a law is passed in the country, it clashes with the interest of one group or the other. People then look for some legal loopholes to save themselves from the grip of the law. To meet the demands of these groups, hundreds and thousands of people have engaged themselves in finding loopholes in the law. A single loophole can earn millions of dollars. It has thus developed into a big institution.

It is easy to find ways and means to escape the punishment that human laws exact. However, how will man face the situation in the next world, where neither wealth, resources, nor loopholes will come to his rescue?