It does happen today - to a point. (The extent this happens depends greatly on your state and government.) And I dislike it when it happens today. What you're advocating is basically taking the instances where the current system fucks up and embracing them, making them not only legitimate, but the focal point of the entire system.
The system as set up is meant to make everyone - both rich and poor - equal before the law; in theory at least. Granted, it's not as perfect as that in practice. But what you're suggesting is basically allowing the rich to pay their way to their own laws, and if they happen to run afoul of some of those - to pay their way out of them. That is not a version of justice I can get behind.
The system as set up is meant to make everyone - both rich and poor - equal before the law; in theory at least. Granted, it's not as perfect as that in practice. But what you're suggesting is basically allowing the rich to pay their way to their own laws, and if they happen to run afoul of some of those - to pay their way out of them. That is not a version of justice I can get behind.