By Karl Reiner The production and distribution of illegal drugs is big business. According to estimates compiled by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, American consumers spend about $65 billion per year on illegal drug products. If the illegal drug trade was ranked as an American business, it would be among the nation’s 30 … Read more
by David Safier Bush has some qualms about the $15-25 billion proposed to help out the auto industry. "These are important companies, but on the other hand, we just don't want to put good money after bad." Let's talk good money after bad. When you ship pallets piled with bricks of money to Iraq and … Read more
by David Safier The sausage-making process of creating a state budget is a bit out of my area of expertise, but this item seems to foretell the world we have in store for us with a Republican legislature sending bills to a Republican Governor. The AP article is short, so I'm including the whole thing. … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have been trying to follow-up on reader requests, with little success. Here is what I have been able to learn so far. Newsday, the daily newspaper of Long Island, reports that the family of Mr. Damour (pictured at right) has hired an attorney and is suing Wal-Mart and other entities for wrongful … Read more
by David Safier Times are hard. Money is tight. Which is both a reason not to give money and a reason why giving money is even more important than usual. The need is greater than it's been in years. I mentioned the public school tax credit in an earlier post, where you can give money … Read more