I'm also admittedly biased in the tyranny-versus-crime argument, against tyranny. The difference is, for a small business, seizing these amounts of money amounts to executing the business. We do refrain from executing people before they're convicted. There ought to be some process where the small business owner can quickly file to have the money returned as essential to operating the business, pending trial (similar to jail bond).We don't search people's houses only after they've been proven guilty
Hey, your suggestion is the closest I've heard to a reasonable solution so far. I don't have a reasonable solution, really. I also completely agree that it's wrong that federal agencies take a cut of all the money they seize (including money that isn't linked to proven money laundering). Like, I'm not saying shit doesn't stink - some of this is shit and it does stink. However, some of the article itself - or the people being quoted - is shit and that stinks as well.