Second Dark Heart Entry

I haven't had a chance to read through the City of Fallen Angels, so I continued reading through the Dark Heart. From reading the chapter on taxes, it seems like everyone in Italy is out to cheat everyone else. Although, I am sure this is not completely true, but the extra taxed and fees that Jones, and everyone else in Italy encouters is something that wouldn't be stood for in America. If a bank had all of the sudden chosen to deduct random fees from their paying customers, there would surely be an outroar from their customers. However, it seems that in Italy, every bank does this, it has become common place to extract several random fees. In America this would be looked at as a scam, and there might even be a TV special to inform the public that there are (almost suprisingly) people out there that might do this. While in Italy, it has become a part of thier lives, something that they, without a choice, got used to.