A poor construction worker seeks back to the site he was working on the week before, he takes $500 of scrap copper to sell so he can feed his family. If caught he faces a felony conviction, jail, and tens of thousands of dollars of fees and costs.
Over and over the owner of the construction project refuses to make the final $50,000 payment to construction companies on his building projects for no valid contractual reason. The wealthy project owner faces the chance of a civil lawsuit against him that might result in him actually having to pay the $50,000 but likely results in a settlement because it would cost more than $50,000 to take the case to trial.
This is the structural and intentional bias in our system.
Over and over the owner of the construction project refuses to make the final $50,000 payment to construction companies on his building projects for no valid contractual reason. The wealthy project owner faces the chance of a civil lawsuit against him that might result in him actually having to pay the $50,000 but likely results in a settlement because it would cost more than $50,000 to take the case to trial.
This is the structural and intentional bias in our system.