W. C. Fields Quotes
I'm looking for loopholes.
Taylor, Robert Lewis. W. C. Fields: His Follies and Fortunes. Doubleday, 1949, p. 308.
Gaming the system is the process of finding loopholes or arranging things so that you can get around the law and usually do just what is prohibited in a way that is not a criminal offense. It is done mostly by corporations trying to avoid laws and regulations, but government officials in the Executive Branch often do the same thing to get around the laws which have been passed but the current administration now finds inconvenient.
Gaming the system is the process of finding loopholes or arranging things so that you can get around the law and usually do just what is prohibited in a way that is not a criminal offense. It is done mostly by corporations trying to avoid laws and regulations, but government officials in the Executive Branch often do the same thing to get around the laws which have been passed but the current administration now finds inconvenient.
William Claude Dukenfield, better known as W. C. Fields, was an American comedian, actor, juggler, and writer. Fields' comic persona was a misanthropic and hard-drinking egotist who remained a sympathetic character despite his supposed contempt for children and dogs.