It's a risk that I don't want to take, remember your original comment was that it didn't impact me.

Then you're free to not shop at that store.

I believe that the decision is only falsely rational, because it assumes a level of risk for very little gain. With education and money, someone would never make that choice.

Really? That's a little presumptuous. The "Safer" option is not always the most logical one when the risk is so significantly low.

Corruption in a regulatory agency is not inherent, although certainly possible. If it was inherent then the vast majority would succumb to this, rather than a few isolated incidents.

I think the decrease in competition is proof of the system's corruption, personally.