Trade is in its nature free, finds its own channel and best directeth its own course; and all laws to give it rules and directions, and to limit and circumscribe it, may serve the particular ends of private men, but are seldom advantageous to the public.
Private men: insiders, pols who are connected, etc. etc.
They done Jessica wrong, wrong, wrong but cops had better things to do than arrest them. Drug war trumps all, says Radley Balko.
Moral hazards most often occur when parties who are largely insulated from risk behave differently from the way they would normally behave if they were fully exposed to the risk. Or put another way, moral hazards generally result in risky behavior stemming from not having enough skin-in-the-game.
Too big to fail in the spirit:
A spiritual bail-out mindset can lead us to forsake obedience and the need for virtuous behavior. If we are not vigilant against the occasions of sin we can carelessly take on too much spiritual risk. Moreover, although Gods ocean of mercy is far greater than our collective scarlet sins that does not mean we can avoid the consequences of sinful behavior, both here and in the hereafter. The truth is that sin offends. It offends Jesus, often others and the very nature of our eternal soul.
And we grow old covered with our faults, as Rev. John A. “Gus” McGrail SJ told young Jesuit Latin students at Milford OH in the early ’50s.
Blithe Spirit 