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Government

Feb. 8, 2006

Congress Forgets Its Duty to Restrict Spending

Forum Column - By John C. Eastman - Amazing that with a federal budget of nearly $2.5 trillion, several elected officials have succumbed to the temptation of accepting bribes in exchange for steering some of that federal largesse to particular individuals or industries! What is truly amazing is that, with such massive amounts of money at stake, we don't have a lot more of this sort of corruption.


        Forum Column
        
        By John C. Eastman
        
        Amazing that with a federal budget of nearly $2.5 trillion, several elected officials have succumbed to the temptation of accepting bribes in exchange for steering some of...

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