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Crime Pays when the Police Let it Pay
Okay! Let’s say that the news reported a new kind of crime. Let’s call it…oh, I don’t know…Yellow Sleeve Crime (YSC). According to the report, research by the FBI estimates the costs of this new crime to the American public at between $300 and $600 billion dollars. This is between 2 and 3 times the… Read more
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Congress Got a Raise. Did you?
It must be nice to be a congressman. Imagine this. Every year you get a raise unless, get this, unless you and your fellow employees vote to not get the raise! Great work if you can get it. Well, this year congress opted to…well…not vote against the raise! This, of course, saves some congressman from… Read more
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A Real Foreclosure
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Joe the Plumber and Self Promotion
Joe the Notaplumber with John McCain: Doesn’t Joe look appalled? Read more
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Bailout Inaction
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