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Junk Laws

Michael1957MN Wrote: Jan 10, 2013 3:08 AM
Back around the turn of the century (late 1800 or early 1900's) the joke was: A man is heard complaining in a pub, "The Democrats call the Republicans "a bunch of crooks" and the Republicans call the Democrats "a bunch of crooks" but the problem is, they're both right."
Alex_P Wrote: Jan 10, 2013 3:16 PM
I hereby nominate this comment a non-sequitur of the month.

Oh, wait, maybe it is actually inane comment of the month?

It's so hard to find proper category...
wtmoore1 Wrote: Jan 10, 2013 2:10 PM
I kind of like that quote..

It makes me think of how rich people condemn the poor for their laziness and lack of work ethic (i.e. "Lazy, good- for-nothing takers, playing the victim and living off my tax dollars"), while simultaneously, the poor condemn the rich for their laziness and lack of work ethic (i.e. "Silver-spoon having SOB, who never had to do a hard day's work once in his life).

If everyone is so lazy and no one works, then why can't I ever get across town in a reasonable amount of time between 8am and 9am and between 5pm and 6pm? I swear I've been up in the morning before and seen people going to work. So, obviously someone is working...

We have junk food, junk mail and junk bonds.

Now, thanks to our dysfunctional and devious Congress, we have junk laws like the “Taxpayer Relief Act.”

Junk laws are really nothing new. The people we send to Washington to represent us have been passing legislation larded with pork or special privileges for their friends in business, agriculture and labor since the country was born.

Insiders have always known how this cynical bipartisan game is played. But now, thanks to the failure of Congress to deal with the government debt crisis it in large part created, the average...

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