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Driving is not a fucking game
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Loading ...If the sun was in your eyes, perhaps you shouldn’t have been driving 35 in a 25mph zone. You should be glad you only caused a family’s minivan to roll over onto its roof by clipping its tail instead of … Continue reading
Retirement Heist by Ellen Schultz
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...If you’re not rich or in politics, Wall Street is not your friend. You would think this is obvious, but somehow people keep voting against their self-interest. Wall Street does not have the best interests of the public and their … Continue reading
Field of Schemes by Neil deMause and Joanna Cagan
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Continuing along the lines of politicians inappropriately subsidizing greedy, wealthy people and corporations at the expense of essential public services, please take a look at Field of Schemes: How the Great Stadium Swindle Turns Public Money into Private Profit, written … Continue reading
Crazy Like Us by Ethan Watters
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...I don’t remember how I came across Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche by Ethan Watters, but I’m glad I did. As with most things we do, in short, he argues that the one-size-fits-all application of the … Continue reading
Free Lunch by David Cay Johnston
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...In case you’re wondering why our budgets are always being assaulted, and where all our tax revenue goes instead of such essential public safety functions as police, fire and EMS, not to mention all kinds of other community services, take … Continue reading
