These examples may be false equivalence or worse, discussion points, perspectives but messy board fodder nonetheless..
The oil lease example I'm not too familiar with. May be good practice given changing market conditions or may be unethical in someone's political terms. Or, any number of factors - not too familiar and my bias's in the sector don't help.
The penny stock promotion example assuming you are plain speaking sounds like sarcasm only based on an assumption on my part that you are a fierce Fraud/DD/Support advocate and expose the many likely false claims or exaggerations. You don't think of this as Pro Wrestling - kinda fake save some athleticism and entertainment value. You think a few scarce Newbies eating the circus food should cancel the whole culture. You think some bleeding heart newly broke ass on a penny stock swimming in a pool of sharks with their wrists slit should rule the day. After all, this is a regulated sector of the economy. Unlike the "black economy" The literature on the black market has not established a common terminology and has instead offered many synonyms including: subterranean, hidden, grey, shadow, informal, clandestine, illegal, unobserved, unreported, unrecorded, second, parallel, and black.[4]
There is no single underground economy; there are many.
I understand Congress likes Pennyland the way it is. Kinda the grease that oils the greater economy especially in recessionary times (need citation for that one ;).
I would be concerned as well that retired and working security lawyers would have nothing to do ;).
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