"Loser Pays"

We're one of the only countries in the world that allows lawyers to extort money from us because we know that, even if we win a phony lawsuit, it will usually cost us more than the lawsuit seeks, in legal fees--so we "settle," rather than lose more money than we would if we lost the suit. This is "bullying" of the highest order, and it is something the government itself does to companies whose products they don't like; such as gun manufacturers, who are "under siege" all over the country because "anti-gun freaks" don't like their product, even if the government, itself, must use their product to control the populace. Even though gun manufacturers make a LEGAL product, they can be sued for just about anything and be forced to pay huge legal fees. The courts won't eliminate this "loophole" because it works to the advantage of lawyers everywhere; and who are the legislators who won't change this system? LAWYERS! Maybe we need to break the lawyer's "monopoly" on how the law is made and used. But how do we do it with lawyers ever alert to ANY chance of our changing things to reduce their ability to "sue us broke?" (John Stossel)